Poetry can be a blast if it's poetry about crazy pets and animals. That's what Rockin' Horse is all about. Dozens and dozens of short, light poems designed to amuse and entertain even the most reluctant readers. There are poems about the most common pets like dogs, cats and fish, but there are also poems about skunks, pigs, tigers, chimpanzees and...oysters. And speaking of oysters, here's a poem from the book: Oysters are the perfect pet. All...

Mike Artell is a celebrated speaker and award-winning author of stories for children. "In a little ol' house dat been built outta wood, live a girl people call Petite Rouge Riding Hood." When her grand-mere catches de flu, Petite Rouge sets off in a canoe for Grand-mere’s house across the bayou. But on her way, she meets Claude-a big, mean ol' swamp gator. Will Petite Rouge and she be able to outsmart Claude and reach Grand-mere’s house?

In this rhyming version of the familiar folktale, a big bad gator comes after the three pig brothers, Ulysse, Thibodeaux, and Trosclair, in the Louisiana bayou.

Weather whys answers a young child's questions about weather in a fun-filled, entertaining way that a child can enjoy time and again.

An illustrated A-Z compilation of some of the world's toughest tongue twisters.