Everything is poor Murdley Gurdson's fault, and young listeners will love theway the blame for his lost shoe passes from animal to animal--with a surpriseending! Illustrations.

Fluffy's name is a source of sorrow to the sharp-quilled youngster, until he meets and befriends a rhinoceros named--Hippo!

Pinkerton Pig always has to be first--first in line, first off the bus--until, running to be the first for a sandwich, he finds himself in big trouble with a Sand Witch. Full-color illustrations.

Tacky is back and ready to help his team win the shiny first-place bow ties in the penguin cheering contest. "Hip, hip hooray! . . . Tacky's fans will flip for this title".--School Library Journal. Full color.

Scatterbrained Buddy takes a wrong turn and ends up face to face with a Scruffy Varmint who sets him to work making soup. But Buddy isn't very good at following directions. Will he learn to listen before it's too late? Full color.

Spoiled Princess Penelope can't get her new parrot to talk until Prince Percival comes courting. She hides the useless parrot behind a curtain, to have the prince be greeted by "Talk, Big Beak!" and "Look, Birdbrain!" Winner of the C.S. Lewis Medal and the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award. Full color.

A fearful little lisping rat finds his inner strength in this tale of overcoming shortcomings. Full-color illustrations.

Lester tells her personal story, sharing her struggles as a child and later as a successful author. Using her unique ability to laugh at her mistakes, Lester creates a guide for young writers and an amusing personal story of the disappointments and triumphs of a writer's life. Full color.

Tacky the Penguin goes windsurfing and ends up on a tropical island, captive to an elephant who, upon seeing Tacky's floral Hawaiian shirt, mistakes him for a bouquet of flowers. The elephant thinks that Tacky would make a pretty centerpiece, so she arranges him in a vase and sets him on her table. Tacky's fans are sure to delight in the show as Tacky uses all of his best penguin moves to wriggle himself out of this hilarious jungle mix-up. Only the team of Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger could pull off a tale of such far-fetched adventure. They are masters at the art of creating silly...

Tacky's perfect friends find him annoying until his odd behavior saves the day.