Teaches readers about the death of a pet through a story in which a cat named Tiger Rose, feeling too tired to live, says her final goodbyes to her friends.

When New York City native Becket Branch moves to the country with her family to help run her grandmother's farm and store, she finds that new friends, hostile chickens, sour lemonade and mischief are only the beginnings of her new life.--

As a family prepares to move away from their farm, the daughter reflects on all the things she loves there so that when her baby brother is older she can tell him what it was like.

Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.

Presents Kenneth Grahame's classic novel "The Wind in the Willows" in both English and Russian, about the escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside.

Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip from back to front, upside down.

The last swim of the summer ends miserably for the Sugar Creek Gang when someone steals Little Jim's pet baby bear. The search for the missing bear takes the gang through the woods to Old Man Paddler's cabin. When winter arrives, the boys return to the cabin, where they receive a startling surprise.

Jack's grandfather is always grumpy and also a bit scary, but during a visit to the country house where his grandfather lives with the brave Aunt Ellie and Uncle Wilbur, Jack learns that his grandfather was once very different.

Publisher Annotation: Little Ree trades in her city days for a country way of life when she moves with her family to her grandparents’ ranch. She’s excited to ride horses, swim in the pond, and help Grandma cook for everyone. But on her first day, she finds that living on a ranch can be tough. She has to get up at the crack of dawn, learn to herd cows, and make sure her horse, Pepper, doesn’t eat everything in sight. And that’s all before...