Jeffrey Ebbeler

When Izzie brings her pet Kraken to the county fair everyone thinks he is frightening, but he is like Izzie, sweet and shy, and Kraken and Izzie use creativity and humor to win over the crowd.

Sour balls! Gumdrops! Chocolate! Mouse is stunned as he watches goblins and skeletons and ghosts collect candy. He wants to go trick-or-treating too, so when the little bitty ghost drops her sack, Mouse scrambles inside. Now he's in for a harrowing Halloween adventure!

"On his first day of school, this minotaur gets lost in the maze of new hallways"-- Provided by publisher.

"It's Nick's first day at a new school! As he walks in, he meets an easily excitable and impatient minotaur named Gus. It's Gus' first day, too -- so he grabs Nick's hand and charges straight into the building. There's so much to see and do! They dance along with band practice, bounce around the school gym, end up in the boiler room, and... okay. They're lost. They may not know where to go, but they know what to do: wait a minute, calm down, and retrace...

When Mouse accidentally gets thrust outdoors and begins playing in the snow, three cold birds perched above his head warn him about a feline threat fast approaching.

Rhyming, cumulative text and colorful illustrations depict a young female rabbi as she makes festive preparations for Hanukkah. She spins the dreidel, cooks a tasty meal, reads from the Torah, and lights the menorah.

Melvin the Mouth can not resist making a variety of strange noises as he imagines himself as a dragon, a shark, or perhaps a train--but his talent gets him into trouble at school.

On Thanksgiving Day while everyone naps, Mouse spots one pea, a perfect feast, but he cannot help adding all of the fixings--until Cat spots him.

A group of children learn how to deal with bullies.

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.