Akron Public Library

To see life out of the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home, in a story with material on the origins of books in the I Can Read series.

When he finds a torn piece of paper with only part of a word on it, boy detective Nate sets out to find the missing pieces.

Henry and his big dog Mudge attend their first family reunion.

Henry worries about what will happen to his big dog Mudge during their visit to his grandmother's house in the country. Spending the night at grandmother's house, Henry and Mudge help each other through a scary nighttime adventure when a collection of unfamiliar sounds keeps them awake.

Henry's family takes in a stray cat, the ugliest cat they have ever seen, and an amazing relationship blossoms between it and their big dog Mudge.

Although no one else could see it, Harry was very pleased to have a horse in his room.

The story is brief and funny, The words are few and easy, and have a happy, catchy rhythm. The pictures are clear and colorful clues to the text.

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

When Rosamond looks into her crystal ball to read Nate the Great's future, she sees a new case for him to solve--her money box is missing and she wants him to find it.

From the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon. Harold needs a picture for his bedroom wall, so he takes his purple crayon and begins to create a whole new world around him. But then he notices he has gotten very small-half the size of a daisy! Only a very clever artist could find his way home now.