Kevin Henkes

Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell's weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all.

When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

Celebrates the big things and little things in the world and everything in between.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.

Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.

On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises -- and the final one is possibly the best one ever --

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse; she does something for which she is very sorry later. Lilly has a brand new purple plastic purse that makes music when you open it, a glittery new pair of sunglasses, and three shiny quarters. Anxious to show her new possessions to her favorite teacher and her classmates, she disrupts Mr. Slinger's class and he gets angry....

Owen is joyous when he receives a marshmallow chick as part of an Easter basket. Decked out in his purple plaid Easter finery, this boy mouse spends a giddy day playing with his sugary new pal. And does he succumb to tasty temptation? How dare you even think such a thing!