Susie Berneis

Every day, Snail waits for Fish to come home with a new story... -- Today, Fish's story (about pirates!) is too grand to simply be told: Fish wants to show Snail. But that would mean leaving their familiar world - a scary prospect for Snail, who would rather stay safely at home and pretend to be kittens. Fish scoffs that cats are boring; Snail snaps back. Is this area too small for the two feuding friends? Could this be the end of Fish and Snail?

Evy is so focused on watching her garden grow that she misses all the silliness going on around her - pigs DANCING, donkeys FLYING, and sheep HAVING A PICNIC. But after Evy's spent all year taking care of her garden, everyone's invited to pumpkin time!

The story of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, focusing on their friendship and inventions. -- Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered...

The holidays are filled with joyful noise. But Christmas is sometimes wrapped in quiet: 'Searching for presents quiet, ' 'Getting caught quiet, ' and 'Hoping for a snow day quiet.' Irresistibly cute, soft colored pencil illustrations of bunnies, bears, and more paint a magical holiday picture indeed.

In the 1930s, most girls were happy playing with dolls. But Betty Skelton liked playing with airplanes. When Betty was young there weren₂t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she wouldn₂t let that stop her. She was always ready to take on a challenge. Betty rode motorcycles, raced cars, jumped out of planes, and flew jets, helicopters, gliders, and blimps. And by the time she was an adult, Betty was known in the press as the ₁First...

Fastidious Mouse has one idea about how to tell a story. Free-spirited Frog has another. What happens when Frog crashes into Mouse's story with some wild ideas? Chaos! Followed by the discovery that working together means being willing to compromise - and that listening to one another can lead to the most beautiful stories of all.

Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish; fins and all! This fascinating and lively account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led him to even more innovations and inventions.

Is there anything as wonderful as snow? Is there any better friend than a snowman? Snow isn't forever, though. The wind shifts, the weather warms, and snow melts into spring. The Snowman has become something else. But how can this boy forget his good friend? He doesn't, and he doesn't have to.

A mom feels taken for granted—but she's got bigger problems when she's taken in for murder: "Engaging...cozy fans will find plenty to like."—Publishers Weekly

It's Mother's Day in sleepy Longely, New York, and catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons' friend Ellen is an overworked, underappreciated mom who's fed up. She's a dutiful wife and mother while also running her pet-treat business—yet her birthday...

An inspiring, beautifully designed guide for parents of toddlers looking to bring the principles of Montessori education--curiosity, independence, respect--into their daily lives.