Chris L Demarest

Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.

As the bus moves along, the rider sees the sights of a city and hears the sounds of honking trucks, wailing sirens, and chiming bells.

An alphabetic look at a firefighter's day.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some corn seed.

A boy and his father lift one another's spirits by going sledding on a winter's night.

Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairytales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliantly funny author of the adult novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as of the hilarious middle–grade series, The Hamlet Chronicles. Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy– tales, could be twisted...