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Emma's opening sentence, which describes the titular heroine's many advantages, is loaded with foreboding. Discomfort and vexation lie on the horizon, triggered by her penchant for matchmaking. Emma's latest scheme involves finding a suitable husband for ingenue Harriet Smith, and to that end she persuades the latter to reject good-natured farmer Robert Martin, despite a mutual attraction. Harriet must set her sights higher, she exhorts, fixing on...

By cutting and grinding the wheat for flour, Jack starts from scratch to help make his breakfast pancake.

A humorous tale of a fox, who plays tricks on other animals, until he is finally banished to a remote island. Will the clever fox play his best trick ever to escape from the island? If he does, will he go back and apologize to the other animals for the tricks he played?

Emmy has just moved from the country and had to leave her beloved horse behind, but Belle, an American quarter horse on which she takes riding lessons, helps her to get used to the noise and bustle of big city life.

Describes the life cycle and behavior of sharks.

In February, the first-graders in Mrs. Connor's class present facts about the presidents.

Learn about how some animals begin their lives by hatching out of an egg.

Tucker Mouse spotted a lost penny in the shoeshine store, so he ran in to get it for his collection. Now the store is closed up tight, and Tucker is trapped. Can Harry Cat find a way to get him out?

Presents the life of sea turtles, including where they travel, how they build nests, and what they eat.

Introduces the members of the mighty superhero team, The Avengers--Tony Stark, or Iron Man; Bruce Banner, the Hulk; Thor; Steve Rogers, Captain America; Clint Barton, Hawkeye; Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow; and Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.