When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

Suggests in rhyme a number of ways for Marvin K. Mooney to travel as long as he gets going--now! In merry verse and illustrations, Marvin is asked to leave by every conceivable means of transportation.

The Littles find out that they are not the only tiny people.

Uni the unicorn believes that little girls are real, although everyone else tells him they are just make-believe.

Darek can't wait to be a dragon hunter like his older brother . . . until he finds an orphaned baby dragon and makes a friend. Now, he must enter the forbidding Valley of the Dragons to return the baby to its home.

On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Eight-year-old Violet and her new fairy friend Sprite are ready to send more pixies back to the Otherworld! When a tricky fairy...

When animals mysteriously stampede and brush fires sweep the prairie, Tom and Elenna, who hear that a mysterious horseman is causing the damage, speed to the plains in an effort to stop Tagus, the night horse.

Jack Frost is going to steal the fairies magic before the fashion show unless Rachel and Kirsty help out.

It's not easy to enjoy a picnic when you have unseeable interlopers to contend with! In a new trio of stories for beginning readers, the affable Max the dog and mischievous Baby Cakes the cat encounter a scare-happy ghost who has a run-in with a mirror, the wind at its blustery best, and a teeny-tiny fairy with a wayward wand who may have met her match. -- From the publisher.