Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.

If cats really did have nine lives, none would live all of them as fully as Buffy, an orange tabby from the suburbs of Chicago. In the course of his lifetime, Buffy was a bartender, a judge, a DJ, a teacher, and a dental hygienist. Like many who live and work in a city, he spent his days eating breakfast, commuting on public transit, going grocery shopping, and enjoying a cold beverage at the end of a long day. There were the chores-mowing the lawn,...

Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.

As one of the largest predators left in Britain, the fox is captivating: a comfortably familiar figure in country landscapes; an intriguing flash of bright-eyed wildness in towns. Yet no other animal attracts such controversy, has provoked more column inches, or been so ambiguously woven into British culture over centuries, perceived variously as a beautiful animal, a cunning rogue, a vicious pest, and a worthy foe. As well as being the most ubiquitous...

A counting book in rhyme presents various farm animals and their offspring, from a mother hen and her "little chick one" to a mother pig and her "little piglets ten." Includes related facts and activities.

"Visit the animals of the Ocean in this Black and White book."--

Provides miscellaneous facts about over one hundred baby animals and their parents, including chameleons, sloths, and elephants.

A young kitten explores the wilderness as other animals celebrate spring.

Brief text and photographs introduce baby horses.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby squirrels to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--