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This picture book celebrates winter, using the lyrics of the song Winter Wonderland.

Half-shark, half-dog Shark Dog ends up on the boat of a boy and his explorer dad, and becomes their pet. But when he gets homesick, he'll have to decide whether to go back to Shark Island or stay in his new home.

Someone is very, very excited about the possibility of missing school due to snow, and plans a whole day of sledding, building forts, reading, and sipping hot chocolate rather than going to school for that test on chapter ten.

A family discovers a trunk of old paintings by Uncle George, each drawn from a single line using an enchanted pen.

A gang of mythical creatures is roaming around a magical land having a great time, until Bigfoot gets his foot stuck in a tree trunk and Unicorn gets her horn impaled on a table and Robot's saw-arm gets rusted into position. But have no fear! Dad is there to fix things--even when a Sneaky Flying Alligator Pirate steals the Fairy Queen Ballerina Doctor's wand. A hilarious story about imagination, play and the best parts about being a dad.

A pictorial introduction to animals from every continent.

See the colors of the rainbow in a whole new light!

A traveling artist presents his renditions of such mixed-up creatures as a hawkodile, tyrabbosaurus rex, and catfish.

Certain that no one has even been as sick as he is, Bear resists Mouse's efforts to cheer him and cure his cold.

The animals in the woods wonder if the awful noise they hear is coming from a monster.