Thirteen Halloween poems for beginning readers.

The very literal minded Amelia Bedelia becomes a substitute teacher for a day.

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

The Fieldmouse family have one of those days when everyone quarrels with everyone else until a pot of soup is peacemaker.

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.

While gathered around the wood stove in winter, Old Turtle tells his friends unbelievable baseball stories of Cleo Octopus, Melvin Moose, Clara Kangaroo, and Randy Squirrel.

A re-illustrated collection of lighthearted Valentine poems includes such works as "I Made My Dog a Valentine" and "I Love You More Than Applesauce."

As always, Amelia Bedelia follows exactly the instructions given to her on a camping trip, including pitching a tent and rowing boats.

Rex and her best friend Pinky, each the proud possessor of twenty-seven stuffed animals or dinosaurs, find their visit to the museum and its gift shop complicated by Pinky's little sister Amanda.

Traces the story of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she and her family hid from the Nazis.