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"Two young cousins who are separated by language, continent and culture meet for the first time when Jill's family travels from America to Japan to stay with Natsumi's family during the summer holidays. Natsumi's nervousness about meeting her cousin from across the sea quickly di...

Five classic Weston Woods titles based on the works of Robert McCloskey are presented. Make way for ducklings: After raising her ducklings on an island in the Charles River in Boston, Mrs. Mallard leads her brood to their permanent home in the Public Garden. Burt Dow, deep-water...

Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the earth.

"When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth's Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty t...

"Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. She wonders ho...

Wilbur, a naked mole rat who likes to wear clothes, is forced to go before the wise community elder, who surprises the other naked mole rats with his pronouncement.

When Prince Puggly attends a ball in the Kingdom of Spiff, he is laughed at by all the Spiffs, except for the Princess of Spiff who helps him teach her fellow Spiffian citizens a lesson.

The very fairy princess: Geraldine knows deep down that she is a very fairy princess, but she doesn't mind getting a little messy in order to have the perfect day.

The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been l...

Presents three stories in which young children experience the marvels of nature. The mysterious tadpole: A birthday gift from Uncle McAllister appears to be a tadpole, but it turns out to be much, much more! The caterpillar and the polliwog: Two new friends discover, on their ow...

The snowy day: A small boy's enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains--and looking forward to going outside again. Owen: When Mrs. Tweezers convinces Owen's parents that their son is becoming a little too attached t...

Leo the late bloomer: One day, in his own good time, Leo shows everyone how glorious it is to finally bloom. Joey runs away: Joey looks for another home when he doesn't feel like cleaning up his room. A weekend with Wendell: Three cheers for compromise as quiet-as-a-mouse Sophi...

Are You a Believer in Fanciful Things? In Pirates and Dragons and Creatures and Kings? Then sit yourself down in a comfortable seat, with maybe some cocoa and something to eat, and I?ll spin you the tale of Katrina Katrell, a girl full of courage (and daring, as well!), who dow...

A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl's experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away. Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in ...

Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale: Trixie, Daddy and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood laundromat, but their exciting adventure takes an unexpected turn when Trixie realizes something is missing

When Sara Ann brings home three little kittens, Katie the dog's enthusiasm frightens the kittens away, until she learns that a quiet patience is sometimes needed to begin a friendship.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly: And no one knows why. What else can this old lady fit in her stomach? Antarctic antics: Swinging to the beat of award-winning songs, these penguins heat up the arctic with their slips, slides, swims, and glides! Musical Max: Max stops pl...