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With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.

A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.

At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.

A celebration of the many ways children interact with books.

As night falls, a trio of siblings stumble upon some of nature's hidden nighttime beauty, including timid fawns, blossoming lavender, silent owls, and many more wonders of the night.

When a family discovers an exhausted reindeer, they take him home to care for him, not realizing the uniqueness of the creature they help.

"Even Cosmic Gods fear an unknown caller! When Cthulhu, the Great Old One, receives a phone call in the middle of the night, he is not prepared for the conversation that is about to take place. Part comic book, part artbook, part children's storybook, A Call To Cthulhu is a fun, irreverent trip through the classic stories of HP Lovecraft, the influential horror writer, and a perfect introduction to his work for your little terrors! His stories and...

Everyone knows the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, and even worse, but who's ever seen what's going on inside the old lady's stomach? With his inventive die-cut artwork, Simms Taback, illustrator of "The Road Builders" gives young readers a rollicking, eye-popping version of the well-loved poem. Full color.

"When a leprechaun makes mischief at the school, the Gingerbread Man follows his clues and sets a trap to outsmart him"--

When the Halloween Witch opens a magical portal and lets in all the Halloween creatures, the Catch Club Kids set up a trap to catch and creatures and send them back.