Clever coyote gets his comeuppance when he tries to steal.

A spider tricks other animals into thinking a melon can talk.

It's a fine bright day, and all the animals are working--all except Anansi, that is He's sleeping, as usual. Warthog, Lion, and Zebra laugh so hard at his messy house that they wake him up. Anansi stomps off in a huff--right into an amazing secret Hyena has a magic stick that follows his orders. If Anansi steals the stick, he'll never have to work again, and his home will be the neatest one in town. Is the magic stick his secret for success? Or the beginning of disasters he can't even imagine?

Now in a bilingual edition, this retelling of a classic story finds Jack Rabbit convincing everyone in the desert, from Armadillo to Vulture, to add something to his Tumbleweed Stew. Full color.

Warty Warthog may have warts and tusks, but he likes himself that way Join him as he celebrates all of his animal friends and the attributes that make each one unique. Whether it's Crocodile's toothy grin or Kangaroo's huge feet or Leopard's spottiness, each animal is different. Wouldn't it be dull if all the animals at the zoo--and all the people in the world--looked alike? A joyful picture-book celebration of everything that makes us individuals

Every night the rhyme gets read. Every night Dish and Spoon run away. And every night they return--until tonight
Where can Dish and Spoon be? The rhyme can't go on without them, so Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to search for their missing friends. But where to start? Should they go north? East? Northeast? They'll just have to read Fork's map, ask directions, and try not to get lost in Little Boy Blue's haystack or under Miss Muffet's tuffet or in Big Bad Wolf's kitchen--"FEE, FI, FO . . ." Oh no. Could that be the giant?

Deep, deep down in their underground town, the prairie dogs live in harmony - until a mysterious, fluorescent, very fuzzy thing otherwise known as a tennis ball rolls down their hole.