When her father loses his job, seven-year-old Ramona Quimby thinks of ways to deal with the many problems that develop.

Common critters celebrates neighborhood wildlife in verse. A familiar cast of characters--worms, slugs, caterpillars, ladybugs, robins, mourning doves, houseflies, spiders, squirrels, skunks, and others--crawls, runs, buzzes, and flits through these lively poems, which show how exotic these seemingly ordinary creatures really are.

A cumulative rhyme about the animals who help Robin build her nest.

From the enormous whale shark to the legendary great white to the enigmatic goblin shark to the small cookie-cutter shark, Slickety Quick is a delightful frenzy of shark mayhem. Mysterious species such as the camouflaged wobbegong and the elusive frilled shark share the waters with better-known blue and nurse sharks, each commemorated in a poem by Skila Brown and illustrated by Bob Kolar. Sneaky shark facts ripple through each spread to further inform...

A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.

A treasury of more than two hundred poems includes classics as well as contemporary works, and features original illustrations from award-winning artists such as Dan Yaccarino, Nancy Tafuri, Chris Raschka, Ashley Bryan, and Lois Ehlert.

Haiku poems about a loveable dog.

Twenty-one poems tell the story of a lone sardine separated from his school within a huge coral reef and the creatures he meets as he searches for the way back.

A collection of poems explaining the way children see the world.