FRAIDY CATS by Stephen Krensky

Two cats, Scamper and Sorry, were unable to sleep one dark and windy night because they imagined every sound they heard to have been created by something that would eat them. When they imagined that “ultrasaurs” were plan-eaters, they immediately fell asleep.
- T. Lyn

ADDIE MEETS MAX by Joan Robins

Addie doesn’t like her neighbor Max and his dog because she thought they don’t like her. The day after Max and Addie crashed into each other’s bicycles; Addie’s mother invited Max for lunch, and thus started their friendship.
- T. Lyn

ADDIE MEETS MAX by Joan Robins

Addie doesn’t like her neighbor Max and his dog because she thought they don’t like her. The day after Max and Addie crashed into each other’s bicycles; Addie’s mother invited Max for lunch, and thus started their friendship.
- T. Lyn

THOMAS EDISON TO THE RESCUE by Howard Goldsmith

When Thomas Edison was young, he saved the life of Jimmy MacKenzie, the son of MacKenzie- the telegraph operator of the Mount Clemens Railroad Station. Mr. MacKenzie offered Edison a hundred dollars as a reward but he refused it, asking if Mr. MacKenzie could teach him how to operate a telegraph instead. Mr. MacKenzie agreed and thus began Edison’s lifelong career on electricity.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE BEDTIME THUMPS by Cynthia Rylant

Henry’s parents took him and Mudge for a visit to his grandmother out in the country. Mudge, being the big dog that it was, knocked almost everything off the table in Grandma’s small house so Henry’s father sent it outside for the night. Henry, who was used to sleeping with his dog, couldn’t sleep so he went outside and joined Mudge who was sleeping under a table on the porch.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE WILD WIND by Cynthia Rylant

Henry and Mudge don’t like storms, so when a storm hit, they stayed inside the house feeling and acting strange. Henry’s father helped them pass the time by teaching his son a game. When the storm was over, Henry and his dog went to play outside again.

- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE TALL TREE HOUSE by Cynthia Rylant

When Henry’s uncle Jake came to visit, he built a tree house for Henry. Henry loved the tree house but he was sad because Mudge couldn’t go up there with him, so his father and his uncle took the tree house down and transferred it to his bedroom.
- T. Lyn

BEAR’S BARGAIN by Frank Asch

Bear wanted to learn how to fly, so he asked Little Bird to teach him. Little Bird agreed on the condition that Bear will teach him how to become big. Bear agreed. The two found out, however, that Little Bird can’t become big and Bear can’t fly, but they were able to come up with good alternatives: Bear carved a picture of Little Bird on a small pumpkin and they both watched it grow bigger as the pumpkin grew; and Little Bird taught Bear how to make and fly a kite that has Bear’s picture on it.

- T. Lyn

WE ARE BESTFRIENDS by Aliki

Robert’s best friend, Peter moved far away, leaving Robert feeling very lonely. Soon after, he became friends with a new baby in school who was a lot like Peter-Will. Peter, on the other hand, also found a new friend named Alex. However, Robert and Peter still write each other and are still best friends.

- T. Lyn

HENRY and MUDGE and ANNE’S GOOD MOVE by Cynthia Rylant

Henry’s cousin, Annie was very nervous about moving to a new house so Henry, his parents, and Mudge went to help her out. Everything turned out all right, because Annie’s new house is next door to Henry’s.

- T. Lyn

CLOCKS AND MORE CLOCKS by Pat Hutchins

Mr. Higgins found a clock in his attic and he wanted to know it was telling the correct time so he went to buy a clock which he put in another part of the house. He kept buying clock after clock in an effort to see if the clock in the attic is telling the correct time until finally, a clockmaker advised him to buy a watch. It was then that he found out that all his clocks had been telling the correct time all along.

- T. Norlyn

THE DAY THE TEACHER WENT BANANAS by James Howe

In a terrible mix-up, the new school teacher was sent to the zoo and the gorilla was sent to the school. The children had fun with the gorilla which was sent to the zoo after the mistake was discovered. The new teacher was amazed by how much the children.

- T. Norlyn

MOUSE SOUP by Arnold Lobel

A weasel caught a mouse that he intended to cook for dinner, but the mouse was able to escape by telling the weasel lots of stories, and by tricking it into gathering “soup ingredients” that are either difficult or impossible to find.
- T. Norlyn

DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD by Arnold Lobel

There was once a lazy toad. He was too lazy to clean his house, fix his clothes, do his dishes. He always said that he’ll do everything tomorrow. Then, he realized that if he’ll do everything tomorrow. The next story is about Frog and toad flying a kite. Toad was the one running, jumping and waving until he almost gave up. The toad suggested to have more tries. Toad shouted and the kite went way up high. The third story is about Frig and the old dark frog. When he was young, he was in the woods with his parents. They got lost so they looked for the way and frog was left behind. He saw the old dark frog who ate frog’s children. He out-smarted the old dark frog. He ran away with his parents. The story gave Toad and frog shivers.

- T. Keith

HILL OF FIRE by Thomas P. Lewis

A Mexican farmer was unhappy because he felt that nothing ever happens in the small town he lived in. He was discontented because his life was routine, but everything changed when he and his son witnessed the birth and eruption of a volcano in the middle of his corn field. The eruption destroyed half of the village, but all the people were transferred to another town, and soon their lives were a routine again, but the farmer didn’t complain anymore.

- T. Lyn

DANCE AT GRANDPA’S

One winter, in a small house made with logs, there lived a young girl and her family. Laura had an older sister named Mary and a younger sister named Carry and an old bulldog named Jack. Early he next day, the family prepared themselves for a party of grandpa’s house. After breakfast, They head off to Grandpa’s house. It did not seem long before they reached their destination. With a smile and greetings they were welcomed inside the house. Everyone prepares as the day slowly turns into night. When darkness fell, guests started to arrive and before they knew it that the party had begun. Everyone danced to father’s fiddle and enjoyed the wonderful evening. Laughter filled the air and food filled stomachs until it was time for farewell. The guests left one by one until only the family was left to clean the house. The kids were tucked into bed. The next day, everyone woke up to smell of pancakes and maple syrup. After breakfast, Laura, Mary, Carrie, Ma and Pa head back home. With the memories of the fun party, they all look forward to the next one.

MILLIONS OF CATS

Once upon a time, there lived a very old man and woman. In a nice clean house with flowers all around filled with loneliness, the old woman longed to have a cat of their own. So the old man set out to find a sweet little fluffy cat. Over the hills and through the cool valleys, the man travelled until he reached the hill covered with cats. With plenty to choose from, the man starts to pick. One adorable cat after the other the man, unknowingly, gathers all the cats and leads them home to his wife. After a long walk back home, they finally arrive. In shock, the old woman told his husband to choose just one. So the old man tells the cats to choose amongst themselves the prettiest cat. A huge quarrel sends the couple into the house. After a while, silence takes over the noise and the couple comes out of their house. A lone kitten hiding in the grass was the only one left. The old woman and the old man take it into their house. Finally, the couple has found a cat to give them company in times of sorrow.

STONE SOUP by Ann McGovern

A very tired and hungry young man tricked an old lady into cooking soup for him by telling her that he can make soup from stone.
- T. Lyn

SHIELA RAE, THE BRAVE by Kevin Henkes

Shiela Ray was very brave to the point of being a bully and a humbug. She’s so proud that one day, she decided to walk home from school a new way and soon got lost. Her sister Louise, who she had always accused of being a coward and who had been following her all along, led her home.
- T. Lyn

THE CASE OD THE HUNGRY STRANGER by Crosby Bonsall

Four young friends who wanted to become detectives put their investigative powers to the test when their elderly neighbor asked them to find out who ate one of their blueberry pies. The boys asked everyone they knew, including one another, who the culprit was but they got no positive response. Just when they were about to give up, they saw a dog in the yard, and they discovered that it was the culprit.

- T. Lyn

CHARLIE NEEDS A CLOAK by Tomie de Paola

Charlie was a shepherd who had everything he needed and all he could ever want, but people always said he needed a cloak for himself so he spent the next spring, summer, and fall making a cloak for himself- a beautiful red cloak that he wore when winter came.

- T. Lyn

SEVEN BLIND MICE by Ed Young

Seven blind mice felt that there was “something” at their pond, so they took turns trying to find out what it is and six of them came back with different descriptions and ideas. The seventh mouse took its turn, and it felt the “something” from end to end. It asked its fellow mice to do the same, and they found out that the “something” was an elephant.
- T. Lyn

BONY LEGS by Joanna Cole

A girl named Sasha was sent out by her aunt to borrow a needle and some thread. She saw a house that stood on chicken feet along the way, and she decided to check it out. On her way in, she showed acts of kindness to the creaky/ rusty gate and the hungry dog and cat. The owner of the house turned out to be a witch who ate children, and thanks to the dog, the cat and the now-soundless gate, Sasha was able to escape.
- T. Lyn

DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD by Arnold Lobel

There was once a lazy toad. He was too lazy to clean his house, fix his clothes, do his dishes. He always said that he’ll do everything tomorrow. Then, he realized that if he’ll do everything tomorrow. The next story is about Frog and toad flying a kite. Toad was the one running, jumping and waving until he almost gave up. The toad suggested to have more tries. Toad shouted and the kite went way up high. The third story is about Frig and the old dark frog. When he was young, he was in the woods with his parents. They got lost so they looked for the way and frog was left behind. He saw the old dark frog who ate frog’s children. He out-smarted the old dark frog. He ran away with his parents. The story gave Toad and frog shivers.

- T. Keith

WE ARE BESTFRIENDS by Aliki

Robert’s best friend, Peter moved far away, leaving Robert feeling very lonely. Soon after, he became friends with a new baby in school who was a lot like Peter-Will. Peter, on the other hand, also found a new friend named Alex. However, Robert and Peter still write each other and are still best friends.
- T. Lyn

BEAR’S BARGAIN by Frank Asch

Bear wanted to learn how to fly, so he asked Little Bird to teach him. Little Bird agreed on the condition that Bear will teach him how to become big. Bear agreed. The two found out, however, that Little Bird can’t become big and Bear can’t fly, but they were able to come up with good alternatives: Bear carved a picture of Little Bird on a small pumpkin and they both watched it grow bigger as the pumpkin grew; and Little Bird taught Bear how to make and fly a kite that has Bear’s picture on it.
- T. Lyn

PETER’S CHAIR by Ezra Jack Keats

Peter was feeling bad because his parents painted his baby things- his crib, high chair, and cradle pink for his baby sister, Susie. He decided to leave home, so he took his little chair and some of his belongings with him. He settled outside of their house, and when he found out that he couldn’t fit in his chair, he went back to their house and asked his Dad to help him paint it pink for Susie.
- T. Lyn

THOMAS EDISON TO THE RESCUE by Howard Goldsmith

When Thomas Edison was young, he saved the life of Jimmy MacKenzie, the son of MacKenzie- the telegraph operator of the Mount Clemens Railroad Station. Mr. MacKenzie offered Edison a hundred dollars as a reward but he refused it, asking if Mr. MacKenzie could teach him how to operate a telegraph instead. Mr. MacKenzie agreed and thus began Edison’s lifelong career on electricity.
- T. Lyn

ADDIE MEETS MAX by Joan Robins

Addie doesn’t like her neighbor Max and his dog because she thought they don’t like her. The day after Max and Addie crashed into each other’s bicycles; Addie’s mother invited Max for lunch, and thus started their friendship.
- T. Lyn

FRAIDY CATS by Stephen Krensky

Two cats, Scamper and Sorry, were unable to sleep one dark and windy night because they imagined every sound they heard to have been created by something that would eat them. When they imagined that “ultrasaurs” were plan-eaters, they immediately fell asleep.

- T. Lyn

LITTLE MERMAID by Sonia W. Black

The little mermaid fell in love with the prince whose life she once saved, so she went to the sea witch, and asked for help. The sea witch agreed to turn her into a human in exchange for her voice. The mermaid was found by the prince soon after, but since she couldn’t speak, the prince never knew it was her who saved him; and he married someone else. The little mermaid turned into a sea-foam in the end because she refused to kill the prince- if she killed him, she would have turned back into a mermaid.
- T. Lyn

LITTLE NINO’S PIZZERIA

Tony’s dad has a restaurant. It is a pizzeria. Tony helps his dad a lot in making pizzas. Tony also helps in clearing up the restaurant. He also helps in serving the pizza to the diners. He even helps in giving the extra pizzas to the homeless people. They had the best pizza so many came to eat at their pizzeria. One night, a man offered Tony’s father to help him open a bigger restaurant. They locked up Little Ninos pizzeria and prepared for the opening of Big Ninos. It was a big, expensive and fancy restaurant. Tony tried to help in the big restaurant but every time he tried, he was just in the way. Even his dad was too busy to notice him. Because of that, Tony just went home. Oj how he missed Little Nino’s. One night, his father came home very tired. He missed little Nino’s also. He just wanted to make pizza. The next day, they reopened Little Nino’s. The man who helped his Dad open big Nino’s got a new manager. So, Tony and his dad were back to making the bear pizza, although not in Little Nino’s but in little Tony’s.
- T. Dexter

KEEP THE LIGHT BURNING

Annie and her family lived in a lighthouse at sea. Every now and then their father had to go to the mainland to get food and other supplies. Being the light house caretaker wasn’t easy. They had to make sure they kept the light burning to keep the ships safe.
One day, their father had to go to town to get some food as well as medicine for their sick mother. Before he left, he appointed Abbie to take care of the lamps. Abbie accepted responsibility and off their father went. After some time, the weather became bad. There was a snowstorm brewing. Abbie stayed up the whole night and made sure the strong winds and the ice forming in the glass didn’t put off the light. The next day, the weather tool a turn for the worse. The wind was stronger, the waves bigger and the freezing rain pelted down their store house. Abbie remembered her chickens. She went out to get them but as soon as she had her chicken in a basket, a giant wave was heading for her. She was almost swept away if she hadn’t reached the door in time. Abbie with her family along with the chickens tried to endure the weather. Even with all the distractions around her, Abbie didn’t forget her job of keeping the lights burning. The next day, the sky was dark as ever. They were running out of food and only had eggs to eat. The oil for the lamps was also getting scarce and their mom was still sick. Nevertheless, Abbie kept the lights burning.
Early the next day, Abbie and her family was surprised to see the blue sky and calm waves. Then they saw a boat coming towards them. It was their father! He had brought along food, medicine and other supplies for them. Abbie’s father said he was very proud of Abbie and that he wasn’t worried because in the mainland he could see that Abbie kept the lights burning thus keeping the ship safe.

- T. Dexter

GEORGE AND MARTHA by James Marshall

George and Martha were very good friends. Martha loved making split pea soup. Some days, she made pots and pots of the same soup. George however, hated pea soup so much. One day, after finishing 10 bowls, George had enough. He put his last bowl of soup into his loafers but Martha saw this. Martha asked George why he didn’t tell her that hated pea soup. George said she didn’t want to hurt her feelings. Martha said it’s ok and she’ll never cook it again. In another time, George wanted to fly in a hot air balloon. One time, he tried to ride in one but unfortunately, the basket was too heavy so the balloon couldn’t fly. So George got out and away the balloon went. Another time, George liked peeping in windows. One day, he peeped into Martha’s window while she was taking a bath. Martha got angry and she said friends need privacy too. In another time, Martha really liked looking at herself, even waking up in the middle of the night just to look at herself. One day, George got fed up and je played a trick in Martha and told her that she’ll get ugly if she looks too often in the mirror. Martha believed him so she never looked into the mirror again. In the last story, One day George accidentally tripped while going to Martha’s house. He broke off his right front tooth which was his favorite. George cried and cried and Martha tried making him happy. The next day, he got golden tooth from the dentist. He was happy because he had Martha as a real friend who always looked in the bright side of things and always told the truth.

CROW BOY by Taro Yoshima

There was a tiny boy named Chibi. One day at school, Chibi was missing.He was actually under the floor boards. Chibi means small boy. He was a very shy boy and he never played with his classmates. He is too shy to talk with them. That’s why he is always alone during recess. Chibi was interested in things that the other children were not and he found many ways to entertain himself while passing the tine. One day, a new teacher arrived at school, Mr. Isobe. He was very kind and tried to get to know Chibi. Later on, during a talent show, Chibi appeared on stage. He presented the different sounds that crows made. After he presented, Mr. Isobe told everyone that Chibi learned those sounds while walking to school. He lived very far.]

- T. Dexter

FLUFFY’S SCHOOL BUS ADV. By: Kate Mcmuller

It was Friday afternoon and fluffy had to be taken home for the weekends. Before leaving, the teacher checked if everything was ok. Then she saw fluffy. She took Fluffy and asked the bus driver to give fluffy to one student the driver accepted. The driver place Fluffy on a seat beside a student. A lot of the students played with Fluffy. Some played with purple go with him and some put gel and glitters on him and some even gave him lollipop. One by one, the children got off the bus until the driver found out that the student who was suppose to take him was in another school bus. Thankfully, the driver knew where the student lived so he decided to drop off Fluffy. Unfortunately, the bus broke and they had to go to the mechanic’s shop to get fixed. The repairman couldn’t see what was broken with the bus until Fluffy was found out. Fluffy got a little bit dirty trying to look for the broken part. Friendly they were able to fix the bus and ordered pizza for celebration.
Then the bus driver dropped off at the student’s house. The girl was surprised and she was very sorry for forgetting Fluffy. She promised Fluffy a nice warm bath, a dry comfortable bed and a good dinner.

- T. Dexter

BEDTIME FOR FRANCES by Russel Holban

There was a girl named Frances. She was asked by her parents to sleep at 7 o’clock in the evening. She tried to sleep but she was distracted by a lot of things in her room. After a lot of times going in and our of her bed, she finally slept and woke up in the morning.

- T. Keith

BEDTIME FOR FRANCES by Russel Holban

It’s already midnight and it’s time for Frances to go to sleep. Her parents tuck her in and give her a good night’s kiss. After a few requests acknowledged, Frances is left all alone in her room. Her playful mind lingers as her imagination creates illusions. Frances couldn’t sleep. Frequently visiting her parents and stalling time just to keep herself awake. Her father tells her that all things have a logical explanation and that everything has a job to do. Frances realizes that she should also do her job, that is to sleep and wake up early for school. The young girl finally understands and finds courage in her to go to sleep.

- T. Jan

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY by Judith Viorst

There was a boy who had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. As he woke up, ate breakfast, on the car pool, in school, at the dentist’s clinic, shoe store, and his father’s office, he messed up. In the end, his mother told him that some days are really terrible, even in Australia.

- T. Keith

MILLIONS OF DATS by Nanda Gag

There was an old woman and an ole man who were lonely. The old woman thought that having a car would take them away from loneliness. The old man went to the hills to het a car. He found countless cats. He chose some until he chose them all. They all went to their house. The cars fought until they all ate each other. Finally there was a cat that wasn’t as beautiful as the others. They fed the car until it became healthy and beautiful.

- T. Keith

MING LO LOVES THE MOUNTAIN by Arnold Lobel

There was a man named Ming Lo. He had wife and they lived near a mountain. They were unhappy with the mountain so the wife said that Ming Lo must ask the wise man how to move the mountain. Again and again, he tried but nothing worked until the wise man showed a dance that moved them away the mountain. Finally, they were in a beautiful place far from the mountain.

- T. Keith

MISS NELSON IS MISSING by Harry

There was a teacher named Miss Nelson. Her students were very rude and naughty during her class. One day, Miss Swamp was the new teacher. She was very strict that the students were asked to make their home works everyday. The students missed Miss Nelson until one day, she returned. They hugged Miss Nelson and they all became good to her.

THE THREE BEARS by Paul Galdone

There were three bears who loved in the woods. The Great Big bear, Middle Big bear an the Little Three Bear. One day, they cooked porridge for breakfast bur unfortunately, it was too hot so they left it to cool down. There was a girl named Goldilocks who went inside their house. She broke things and ate their food. She slept on the little bear’s bed until the three bears came home. They saw what happened. Goldilocks saw the three bears, she ran away and never returned.

- T. Keith

IMOGENE ANTLERS by David Small

There was a girl named Imogene. One Thursday, she grew Antler’s on her head. Her family was surprised to see her that way. They tried to call the doctor to know what’s wrong buy unfortunately, she was perfectly fine. She was comfortable with her antlers bur her family was worried. On Friday, the antlers were gone but she had peacock feathers in the end.

- T. Keith

MISS NELSON IS BACK by James Marshall

One day, Miss Nelson needed to be absent from school. She had a substitute teacher named Mr. Blandsworth. The class thinks that she is very boring. They tried to impersonate Miss Nelson by dressing up. They did everything as they pleased until Miss Viola Swamp came and she disciplined them. When Miss Nelson returned, the children were very happy.
- T. Keith

A DOG CALLED KITTY

When Ricky was still young, he had a trauma which led his life into a hole of extreme fear, a fear that hindered him to let go of his tenderness and miss the colorful wonders of his innocence. Sometimes, his fear turns his loved ones into madness. He lets his past life haunt him.
One day, a lovely helpless dog came into his life. He’s not certain of what response should he give. Ricky was scared though the puppy doesn’t look like a full-grown dog. Nevertheless, his soft heart was spotted by weakness that he doesn’t wish someone or anyone starving. Then, Ricky was moved to overcome his fear with his parents’ encouragement. The dog was welcomed warmly by the family. They named it Kitty because the pup comes out upon hearing the call Kitty, Kitty, Kitty-, which meant to be for cats. Gradually, Ricky’s pity turns into love and he counts the dog as his best friend. After all, how could someone resist a pair of pleading eyes, a body losing its worth from starving, and a warm wagging tail of a tiny creature that lost its way.
However, it was never expected that the dog would head its way apart from Rocky. Kitty was roofed with pipes that wringed its frail bulk. The boy’s fragile heart was broken and empty. As days pass by, a new strayed pup unexpectedly came. He served the pup from a ruthless dog and from starving. Slowly, he falls for it.

- T. Carivic

THE LITTLE HOUSE

A man built a little house. The house is well- built and the man who built it doesn’t like to sell it for gold or silver. He wants his children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren to live there.
The little house is on a hill and “she” is happy and satisfied. She enjoys the atmosphere of every season. She enjoys looking at the sunrise and sunset. At night, she loves the scenery of stars in the sky. She also notices the view of the city in the evening. A part of her is wondering about the life in the city.
A day came when people made a road around her. Changes started to happen. Buildings, apartments and subway stations were built around her. She could no longer feel the beauty of nature that she used to enjoy. She became sad of the changes and she’s longing for her old life in the country. Years passed and the house got old. When it was almost ruined, the great-great grandfather found her. She restored the house. She moved it to a better place-countryside and she lived with it. The little house could have her old life again. She’s very glad and absolutely grateful for the help of the man’s great-great granddaughter.

- T. Lea

THE 512 ANTS ON SULLIVAN STREET

On one fine day, a girl and her family went to Sullivan Street for a picnic. Nobody- except the girl- noticed the ants taking the packed goodies away. The first ant carried a crumb. It was followed by ants with some pieces of plumb.
The number of ants doubled each time. 4 ants got a barbecued chip; 8 got a bacon strip; 16 took a hard boiled egg; 32 hauled a plate of chicken wing and leg; 256 tried to take the cake but since it’s heavy, more ants (256) came to help garnering a total of 512.
Hungry, the family was ready to eat but all their foods were taken away to an ant hole in Sullivan Street.

- T. Earl

HAWK, I’M YOUR BROTHER

A boy named Rudy Soto wants to fly like a hawk. He believes that people can fly if they wanted to. He repeatedly asked his father when he’ll be able to fly and his father answered him honestly that he’ll never fly.
Rudy came up with an idea; he’ll take care of a hawk so that he’ll learn how to fly. He’ll make the hawk his brother and they’ll fly together someday. In short, he caught a hawk and took care of it. He tied a string on the hawk’s leg so that it won’t fly away from him.
He gave shelter, food and friendship to the hawk but it usually struggled to be freed. One time, Rudy and the hawk went for a walk. When the hawk saw Santos Mountain, Rudy could feel that the bird wants to go home. After some time, Rudy let the hawk go. With the short time that he spent with the hawk, he realized one thing- he’ll never fly.
The hawk cried as it flew away as if telling that it’s sad to leave Rudy behind. Ruby learned how to take care of a hawk but never will he learn how to fly.

LITTLE MERMAID by Sonia W. Black

The little mermaid fell in love with the prince whose life she once saved, so she went to the sea witch, and asked for help. The sea witch agreed to turn her into a human in exchange for her voice. The mermaid was found by the prince soon after, but since she couldn’t speak, the prince never knew it was her who saved him; and he married someone else. The little mermaid turned into a sea-foam in the end because she refused to kill the prince- if she killed him, she would have turned back into a mermaid.

- T. Lyn

FRAIDY CATS by Stephen Krensky

Two cats, Scamper and Sorry, were unable to sleep one dark and windy night because they imagined every sound they heard to have been created by something that would eat them. When they imagined that “ultrasaurs” were plan-eaters, they immediately fell asleep.
- T. Lyn

ADDIE MEETS MAX by Joan Robins

Addie doesn’t like her neighbor Max and his dog because she thought they don’t like her. The day after Max and Addie crashed into each other’s bicycles; Addie’s mother invited Max for lunch, and thus started their friendship.
- T. Lyn

THOMAS EDISON TO THE RESCUE by Howard Goldsmith

When Thomas Edison was young, he saved the life of Jimmy MacKenzie, the son of MacKenzie- the telegraph operator of the Mount Clemens Railroad Station. Mr. MacKenzie offered Edison a hundred dollars as a reward but he refused it, asking if Mr. MacKenzie could teach him how to operate a telegraph instead. Mr. MacKenzie agreed and thus began Edison’s lifelong career on electricity.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE BEDTIME THUMPS by Cynthia Rylant

Henry’s parents took him and Mudge for a visit to his grandmother out in the country. Mudge, being the big dog that it was, knocked almost everything off the table in Grandma’s small house so Henry’s father sent it outside for the night. Henry, who was used to sleeping with his dog, couldn’t sleep so he went outside and joined Mudge who was sleeping under a table on the porch.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE WILD WIND by Cynthia Rylant

Henry and Mudge don’t like storms, so when a storm hit, they stayed inside the house feeling and acting strange. Henry’s father helped them pass the time by teaching his son a game. When the storm was over, Henry and his dog went to play outside again.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE TALL TREE HOUSE by Cynthia Rylant

When Henry’s uncle Jake came to visit, he built a tree house for Henry. Henry loved the tree house but he was sad because Mudge couldn’t go up there with him, so his father and his uncle took the tree house down and transferred it to his bedroom.
- T. Lyn

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE SNEAKY CRACKERS by Cynthia Rylant

Henry and his big dog, Mudge, loved watching spy shows, so when there was a spy kit on sale, Henry bought it. He and Mudge went spying and they ended up being friends with a boy and his dog who, like Henry and Mudge, also loved watching spy shows and being spies.
- T. Lyn

PETER’S CHAIR by Ezra Jack Keats

Peter was feeling bad because his parents painted his baby things- his crib, high chair, and cradle- pink for his baby sister, Susie. He decided to leave home, so he took his little chair and some of his belongings with him. He settled outside of their house, and when he found out that he couldn’t fit in his chair, he went back to their house and asked his Dad to help him paint it pink for Susie.

- T. Lyn

BEAR’S BARGAIN by Frank Asch

Bear wanted to learn how to fly, so he asked Little Bird to teach him. Little Bird agreed on the condition that Bear will teach him how to become big. Big Bear agreed. The two found out, however that Little Bird can’t become big and Big Bear can’t fly, but they were able to come up with good alternatives - Bear carved a picture of Little Bird on a small pumpkin and they both watched it grow bigger as the pumpkin grew; and Little Bird taught Bear how to make and fly a kite that has Bear’s picture on it.

- T. Lyn

WE ARE BESTFRIENDS by Aliki

Robert’s best friend, Peter moved far away, leaving Robert feeling very lonely. Soon after, he became friends with a new baby in school who was a lot like Peter-Will. Peter, on the other hand, also found a new friend named Alex. However, Robert and Peter still write each other and are still best friends.

- T. Lyn

HENRY and MUDGE and ANNE’S GOOD MOVE by Cynthia Rylant

Henry’s cousin, Annie was very nervous about moving to a new house so Henry, his parents, and Mudge went to help her out. Everything turned out all right, because Annie’s new house is next door to Henry’s.

- T. Lyn

CLOCKS AND MORE CLOCKS by Pat Hutchins

Mr. Higgins found a clock in his attic and he wanted to know it was telling the correct time so he went to buy a clock which he put in another part of the house. He kept buying clock after clock in an effort to see if the clock in the attic is telling the correct time until finally, a clockmaker advised him to buy a watch. It was then that he found out that all his clocks had been telling the correct time all along.

- T. Norlyn

THE DAY THE TEACHER WENT BANANAS by James Howe

In a terrible mix-up, the new school teacher was sent to the zoo and the gorilla was sent to the school. The children had fun with the gorilla which was sent to the zoo after the mistake was discovered. The new teacher was amazed by how much the children.
- T. Norlyn

MOUSE SOUP by Arnold Lobel

A weasel caught a mouse that he intended to cook for dinner, but the mouse was able to escape by telling the weasel lots of stories, and by tricking it into gathering “soup ingredients” that are either difficult or impossible to find.
T. Norlyn

DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD by Arnold Lobel

There was once a lazy toad. He was too lazy to clean his house, fix his clothes, do his dishes. He always said that he’ll do everything tomorrow. Then, he realized that if he’ll do everything tomorrow. The next story is about Frog and toad flying a kite. Toad was the one running, jumping and waving until he almost gave up. The toad suggested to have more tries. Toad shouted and the kite went way up high. The third story is about Frig and the old dark frog. When he was young, he was in the woods with his parents. They got lost so they looked for the way and frog was left behind. He saw the old dark frog who ate frog’s children. He out-smarted the old dark frog. He ran away with his parents. The story gave Toad and frog shivers.

- T. Keith

HILL OF FIRE by Thomas P. Lewis

A Mexican farmer was unhappy because he felt that nothing ever happens in the small town he lived in. He was discontented because his life was routine, but everything changed when he and his son witnessed the birth and eruption of a volcano in the middle of his corn field. The eruption destroyed half of the village, but all the people were transferred to another town, and soon their lives were a routine again, but the farmer didn’t complain anymore.
- T. Lyn

THE DAY THE TEACHER WENT BANANAS by James Howe

In a terrible mix-up, the new school teacher was sent to the zoo and the gorilla was sent to the school. The children had fun with the gorilla which was sent to the zoo after the mistake was discovered. The new teacher was amazed by how much the children.
- T. Norlyn

MOUSE SOUP by Arnold Lobel

A weasel caught a mouse that he intended to cook for dinner, but the mouse was able to escape by telling the weasel lots of stories, and by tricking it into gathering “soup ingredients” that are either difficult or impossible to find.
T. Norlyn

DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD by Arnold Lobel

There was once a lazy toad. He was too lazy to clean his house, fix his clothes, do his dishes. He always said that he’ll do everything tomorrow. Then, he realized that if he’ll do everything tomorrow. The next story is about Frog and toad flying a kite. Toad was the one running, jumping and waving until he almost gave up. The toad suggested to have more try. Toad shouted and the kite went way up high. The third story is about Frig and the old dark frog. When he was young, he was in the woods with his parents. They got lost so they looked for the way and frog was left behind. He saw the old dark frog who ate frog’s children. He out-smarted the old dark frog. He ran away with his parents. The story gave Toad and frog shivers.

- T. Keith

HILL OF FIRE by Thomas P. Lewis

A Mexican farmer was unhappy because he felt that nothing ever happens in the small town he lived in. He was discontented because his life was routine, but everything changed when he and his son witnessed the birth and eruption of a volcano in the middle of his corn field. The eruption destroyed half of the village, but all the people were transferred to another town, and soon their lives were a routine again, but the farmer didn’t complain anymore.
- T. Lyn

STONE SOUP by Ann Mcgovern

Once there was a young man who was hungry. He was walking all day and all night. He was tired and he looked for a house where he could eat. He saw a house where an ole woman rejected him so he thought of making a stone and soup and butter , barley, salt and pepper, beef bones, carrots, onions and a round gray stone. After being stuffed from the meal, he took the stone and left the woman.
- T. Keith

STONE SOUP by Ann McGovern

A very tired and hungry young man tricked an old lady into cooking soup for him by telling her that he can make soup from stone.
- T. Lyn

SHIELA RAE, THE BRAVE by Kevin Henkes

Shiela Ray was very brave to the point of being a bully and a humbug. She’s so proud that one day, she decided to walk home from school a new way and soon got lost. Her sister Louise, who she had always accused of being a coward and who had been following her all along, led her home.
- T. Lyn

THE CASE OD THE HUNGRY STRANGER by Crosby Bonsall

Four young friends who wanted to become detectives put their investigative powers to the test when their elderly neighbor asked them to find out who ate one of their blueberry pies. The boys asked everyone they knew, including one another, who the culprit was but they got no positive response. Just when they were about to give up, they saw a dog in the yard, and they discovered that it was the culprit.
- T. Lyn

CHARLIE NEEDS A CLOAK by Tomie de Paola

Charlie was a shepherd who had everything he needed and all he could ever want, but people always said he needed a cloak for himself so he spent the next spring, summer, and fall making a cloak for himself- a beautiful red cloak that he wore when winter came.
T. Lyn

SEVEN BLIND MICE by Ed Young

Seven blind mice felt that there was “something” at their pond, so they took turns trying to find out what it is and six of them came back with different descriptions and ideas. The seventh mouse took its turn, and it felt the “something” from end to end. It asked its fellow mice to do the same, and they found out that the “something” was an elephant.
- T. Lyn

BONY LEGS by Joanna Cole

A girl named Sasha was sent out by her aunt to borrow a needle and some thread. She saw a house that stood on chicken feet along the way, and she decided to check it out. On her way in, she showed acts of kindness to the creaky/ rusty gate and the hungry dog and cat. The owner of the house turned out to be a witch who ate children, and thanks to the dog, the cat and the now-soundless gate, Sasha was able to escape.
- T. Lyn