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A boy discovers which things grow plants.

Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.

Emmett loves pigs. What hewants most of all is a real pig, even though his parents have explained that he can't keep one in the city apartment where they live. But as Emmett's birthday draws near, he feels his dream may finally come true. Mary Stolz's warm story, first published in 1959, is a timeless classic. Garth Williams's original illustrations appear now in full color with help from renowned artist Rosemary Wells.

A circus gorilla scares away the people who have come to see him, and when he tries to find them, he gets lost himself.

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.

A little boy experiments to see what things grow when planted, and then collects all kinds of seeds to plant everywhere he goes.

Pickles was a young cat who wanted to do big things, and his chance finally came when he was caught in a tree and was rescued by the fire department and later became a Fire Cat.

Little Bear makes friends with a little girl and introduces her to his friends Owl, Hen, Cat, and Duck with ducklings.

I always wanted to work in the circus," said Oliver. "I could be a dancing elephant." But the circus already has ten elephants and they don't need another one. So, Oliver must find somewhere else to go.

A lost albatross has trouble finding someone who can direct him to the ocean.