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