Central Kansas Library System

Poppleton the pig moves from the city to a small town, where he makes new friends and spends Mondays reading adventure books in the library.

The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

Harry and Hedgehog are having a sleepover, but Harry is uneasy about sleeping outside.

Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor.

When Goat appears wearing a raincoat and invites all the animals to go for a boat ride on a sunny day, Dog declines but as heavy rain falls, Dog needs a boat, too.

On a hot day Hedgehog and his best friend Harry go swimming in the pond to cool off--and when Hedgehog helps his friend overcome his fear of going underwater they find a treasure.

Harry is worried when he discovers someone has given his best friend Hedgehog the exact same birthday gift he brought, but Hedgehog reassures his best pal that since he now has two airplanes he can race them with Harry.