Arnold Lobel

The adventures of best friends Frog and Toad, including Frog's suffering a bad cold and Toad's embarrassment over his unflattering bathing suit, are accompanied by material on the origins of books in the "I Can Read" series.

Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.

A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.

Papa Mouse has a funny, exciting bedtime story for each of his seven mouse boys. "Will evoke chuckles of glee from preschool listeners and beginning readers".-Booklist. Three-color illustrations. Seven mouse boys lie awake one night, and they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that-he tells them seven stories, one for each boy. Amusing drawings and text provide beginner readers with a collection of tales about the adventures...

Uncle Elephant comes to the rescue when his nephew's parents are lost at sea and cares for him until they are found again.

Presents a linked collection of ten short stories in rhyme featuring frogs, toads, and polliwogs.

Celebrate the power of friendship with all four of the beloved Frog and Toad I Can Read stories by Arnold Lobel, now in one volume. This treasury includes the complete art and text from four classics: Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970), Frog and Toad Together (1971), Frog and Toad All Year (1976), and Days with Frog and Toad (1979). Share the adventures of best friends Frog and Toad as they fly a kite, resist the temptation of cookies, and search for...

A farmer's wife uses drastic measures to get her husband to abandon his lazy ways.

A variety of flowers grows near the hollyhocks that give shade to the bee that sleeps on the only rose in a garden.

A collection of short humorous poems in the nursery rhyme tradition.