Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it. She was a perfect baby, and she had a perfect name. Chrysanthemum. When she was old enough to appreciate it, Chrysanthemum loved her name. And then she started school. "I'm named after my grandmother," said Victoria. "You're named after a flower." Chrysanthemum wilted. Life at school didn't improve. In fact, it got worse. Then the students were introduced...

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

A young boy who wishes for the return of dinosaurs imagines how useful they would be.

A little boy goes grocery shopping for his mother and tries hard to remember her instructions.

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

This illustrated version of the traditional song describes many noisy vehicles that can be seen early in the morning down by the station. Features die-cut pages.