When the mayor of Mouseville announces a contest, Clayton and Desmond compete to win the prize for building the biggest snowman.

The ancient Romans used the word barbarian to describe people who were coarse, rude, or even just foreign. Over time the word has also come to connote bloodthirsty cruelty. But were the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols as barbaric as we’ve been led to believe? In dynamic, detailed spreads that young readers will pore over, bestselling author Steven Kroll and illustrator Robert Byrd explore how these nomadic warriors lived, worshipped,...

When Desmond and Clayton, two mice, finally learn to cooperate, they create a wonderful valentine for their teacher.

Worried that an early spring will ruin his ski lodge business, Roland Raccoon takes drastic steps to prevent Godfrey Groundhog from looking for his shadow on Groundhog Day.

Thomas is delighted to draw Gretchen's name to be the recipient of his valentine at school, but then he worries that she does not like him.

To get what they want, the larger jungle animals bully the smaller ones until Mama Monkey shows them all the benefits of sharing.

In order to march with Mr. Finnigan in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Mary must find a perfect shamrock in Manhattan in the middle of winter.

When the mayor of Mouseville announces a contest for the best Easter basket, Desmond and Clayton are in competition with each other until they realize that if they work together they could create the biggest Easter basket.

Because her good deeds are not noticed, a small witch steals every trick-ortreat bag in town on Halloween.

A young boy finds himself inadvertently leading an extraordinary parade of goats into his school.