Theme: Learning

Junk Collector School

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Junk is the world’s best free stuff. Anybody who’s part detective and part collector can put together a collection in no time. Jake really knows his junk. His house is filled with the most amazing collections of it. Andy wants a collection of his own, which is why he goes to Jake’s Junk Collector School.

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Cock-A-Doodle Quack Quack

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

It’s Baby Rooster’s job to wake everybody up in the morning, but there’s just one problem—he doesn’t know how! The pigs and cows and ducks all try to help, but nothing seems to work. Luckily, the wise old owl comes to the rescue.

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Cat and Mouse

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Mother mouse and mother cat taught their children about the world but one little cat and one little mouse weren’t paying attention. The cat and the mouse become friends and their siblings join them.

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What Eddie Can Do

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Eddie is too busy imagining adventures to learn how to tie his shoes, but when his friend Clara is in trouble, his mother shows him that knowing how to tie your shoe can come in handy.

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Skating with the Bears

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Tim is afraid he will never be able to ice skate until late one night when he goes out to the lake and a great big furry snow bear helps him learn.

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