Alice Schertle

A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.

Ride along to school with the #1 New York Times best-selling Little Blue Truck and meet Blue's new friend: a bright yellow school bus. Beep-beep! Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are excited to meet a bright yellow school bus on the road. They see all the little animals lined up in the school bus's many windows, and Blue wishes he could be a school bus too. What a fun job--but much too big for a little pickup like Blue. Or is it? When somebody...

After his toy bear comes out of the washing machine with an ear missing and not smelling "right," a boy takes him outside to play until he looks and smells familiar once again.

Hetty is very careful with the eggs she has bought on her very first trip to the store, but she runs into trouble when she stops to pick apples.

"Little Blue Truck is making special deliveries for Valentine's Day, bringing cards to all his friends. Along the way, Little Blue hopes for a valentine, too. Will anyone have a card for Blue?"--Back cover

Explore the world of such a little mouse--from the bestselling author of LITTLE BLUE TRUCK! "And way down deep in the holelives a mouse.Such a little mouse,with his smart gray coat,with his ears pink as petals,with three twitchety whiskerson each side of his nose."With Alice Schertle's sweet descriptive language and touching illustrations from Stephanie Yue, a little mouse interacts with the world around him. Every season of the year, "such a little...

"There's nothing quite like a day at the beach! And Alice Schertle and Barbara Lavallee's clever companion to All You Need for a Snowman is the perfect recipe for fun in the sun. Plant a yellow umbrella in the sand, roll out a beach towel, and pour a glass of frosty lemonade. . . .

But wait! What's the most important part of a beach? A surprise ending will inspire young adventurers everywhere to don their shades and head for the beach.

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Lists everything that one needs to build the perfect snowman, from the very first snowflake that falls.

Here is the library, not just as a place that houses books, but as an experience. Fifteen poems celebrate the thrill of getting your first library card, the excitement of story hour, the fun of using the computer, the pride of reading to the dog, and the joy of discovering that the librarian understands you and knows exactly which books you'll love. The poems, compiled by noted poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins, pay homage to the marvels of...