Sally Grindley

"It's the day of the big show at Laura's ballet school. Suddenly disaster strikes! Can Laura help save the show?"--P. [4] of cover.

Tom is not happy that his younger sister, Alice, is starting kindergarten at his school.

A bull disrupts the little bears' picnic with their grandfather.

Follows a mother polar bear and her two cubs from their birth to a dangerous encounter with a hungry male bear, describing how the mother protects her offspring until they can fend for themselves.

The reader is asked to identify fairy tale heroes and villains from clues in the text and illustrations.

Mungus Bigfoot is the most gruesome, scariest monster in his class, but when he is ordered to teach sweet little Emily Twinkletoes how to act like a proper monster, she teaches him a lesson instead.

An abbreviated version of the tale of the Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Gr 3-5, younger for reading aloud. Seven folk and fairy tales, set in a variety of exotic and international places, showcase the writing talents of a diverse group of authors, both new and established. In 'The Prince with Three Fates,' Ann Turnbull retells a story originally found on an Egyptian papyrus fragment, in which a devoted wife tries to shield her husband from his destiny, and in the process, creates it. Of particular note is 'Chantelle,...