Akron Public Library

What happens when a cat tries to be a dog? Max the dog is sick today, but have no fear- Baby Cakes the cat is happy to take his place! But when the book tells her to dig a hole, fetch a stick, and guard the sheep, the cat responds in a very un-doglike ways. Can the book and the cat reach a happy ending?

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.

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games. "Poor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . . . until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the place in the process! Written by Dr. Seuss in 1957 in response to the concern that "pallid primers [with] abnormally courteous,...

Pete the Cat bites into a bad banana and vows never to eat bananas again, even though he generally likes the fruit.

Simple text challenges the reader to find objects hidden in the photographs.

Rat tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat.

Biscuit, a small puppy, gets excited with he is entered in a pet show.

"Pete is spending the day at the seashore. He has fun collecting shells and building a sand castle. But the beach is very hot. There is a whole ocean for Pete to cool off in, but it looks scary. Pete's brother, Bob, offers to teach Pete to surf. Will that be enough to help Pete get over his fear of the water?"--Description from Amazon.com.

Presents classic stories of Dick and Jane, their family, and friends, drawn from collections used since the 1930s to teach reading to children.

An introduction to an animal that's been with us since the time of the dinosaurs--the snake.