Grace Maccarone

Sam has a wonderful time at his friend Dan's house playing games, eating dinner, and watching a movie, but when it's time to go to sleep, not even Huggy Bear can help.

Sam searches through all of his toys but can't find anything good enough to take to school for show and tell until his troublesome little brother appears.

Tells the story of three pigs who acquire some magic shapes, which they use for various purposes, some smart and some not so smart. Includes a section with related activities.

In four rows of two, Miss Lina's eight ballerinas-Christina, Edwina, Sabrina, Justina, Katrina, Bettina, Marina, and Nina-dance to the park, at the zoo, and even while doing their schoolwork. They are one perfect act, but when Miss Lina introduces Regina, a new girl, the group of nine's steps become a mess.

F is for Forest. While their porridge cooled, the bears walked in the forest, where they sniffed fragrant flowers. The classic tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears meets the alphabet in this fairy-tale-meets-concept-book story. Grace Maccarone cleverly alliterates Goldilocks' tale from A to Z.

The number of monsters engaged in various activities at a picnic always adds up to ten. Includes related activities.

Once upon a time. . . A princess danced, a princess dreamed, another found a pea. One kissed a frog, one saved a bird, another crossed the sea. One ate an apple, one tamed a beast, one lost a satin shoe. And another spun straw into gold, in ten tales told anew! Ten of the most beloved princess stories are ingeniously retold and splendidly illustrated-with cleverly hidden pictures-by author Grace Maccarone and artist Gail de Marken. From Cinderella...

In the first story, find out what the first-grade friends have for lunch. In the second story, find out what the first-grade friends do at recess, and learn which restroom they use the "boy's room" or the "girl's room."