Helen Plum Library

Playing hide-and-seek under the sea with her friends, Ariel helps a baby seal escape a giant clamshell and gives him a kiss

Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants

One happy mutt is digging up dirt when he is joined by his equally joyful friends. They're certainly not expecting to encounter groundhogs, mice, moles, bears, and pirates! New readers will delight in this joyful story with its surprise climax. The characters have energy and charm that will delight young children as they embark on a satisfying first-time reading adventure

A collection of easy-to-read riddles with answers

A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement

Fay Fixit, Steve Spanner, and Lifeguard Sally hurry to Dolphin Bay where Tessa the sea veterinarian is stranded with an injured dolphin

When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird! Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets...

"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--

A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters

With the big game coming up, Mo Jackson, the shortest member of the basketball team, is determined to learn how to pass the ball in time to help his team win