Diana Canova

On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monstrous" Mrs. Green.

While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.

Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.

Ella is nervous about the first day of school in her new town, but wearing her grandmother's good luck hat makes her feel better--until the other students tease her and call her names.

There is a big school election at the Barkadelphia School. Who will win? Tiffany, one of the popular girls, Charles, an all-star sport, or Otto, a good friend and listener?

"Danny and the dinosaur": When Danny visits the museum, he thinks it would be nice to play with a dinosaur. It's great fun when the dinosaur is just as eager to play with Danny. The two spend a whole day together. "The Island of the Skog": A band of mice and their leader set sail to an island inhabited by a hostile Skog with gigantic feet. But when the two parties finally meet face to face, they find they have a lot more in common than they thought....

Read along with four stories featuring counting. Chicka chick 1, 2, 3: When one hundred and one numbers race each other up the apple tree, bumblebees come buzzing. Which number will save the day? Emily's first 100 days of school: School begins and as the days and weeks go by, Emily and her classmates learn new ideas and expand their world. How much is a million?: Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician explains the concepts of a million, a billion...

Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for scrap metal, it magically speeds away on an adventure through...

On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monstrous" Mrs. Green.

Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.