Helen Plum Library

Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up

Little Dino learns that he should not bite--except for food, of course

Told in rhyming text, Pig is a greedy pug, who insists on always winning, and throws a tantrum if anything thwarts him--until one day he swallows not only all his food, but his bowl as well and when his friend Trevor saves him he learns a valuable lesson on sharing

Old Dave ignores strange noises he hears in the lonely old cottage he inherited from his uncle, except the voice telling him there are ghastly ghosts in the coal shed

Grown-ups never misbehave, cheat, talk with their mouths full, or complain--despite ample evidence to the contrary

Everyone has always considered Paulie to be a good boy, but when Prudence moves in across the street and insists on calling him names, Paulie finds it hard not to fight back

Lord Tennyson, a senior miniature Schnauzer employed as a distinguished nanny to a chaotic family of six children, has one summer to get his charges to learn to behave

A little pig, frustrated by the limitations of his young age and small size, is encouraged to keep trying, growing, and learning until he meets his goals

When Reuben the bear brings doughnuts to his forest friends, they discover that his pants are wet and he angrily accuses them of the dirty deed

A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or bedtime but everything changes when he meets a fellow Crankenstein