Doreen Cronin

Farmer Brown does not like Halloween. So he draws the shades, puts on his footy pajamas, and climbs into bed. But do you think the barnyard animals have any respect for a man in footy pajamas? No, they do not. For them, the Halloween party has just begun. And we all know these critters far prefer tricks over treats. There are big surprises in store for Farmer Brown!

Boom! Snot... Twitty? Three unlikely friends, and three different ways of being in the world. This simplest of stories is a fable for life.

While Farmer Brown sleeps, some of the animals who live on the farm go on a fishing expedition.

"Blaming herself when the cousin she dragged onto a roller coaster falls into a coma, Nora struggles with unendurable guilt and tries to help when her cousin awakens with challenging disabilities"--OCLC.

Diary of a fly: The day-to-day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero and is not afraid to dream big, really big!; Diary of a spider: This portrait of an upside-down web world will have kids wishing they could be spiders too!; Diary of a worm: A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.

Can friendship bloom between a dog and a chick?

A skill-building reader starring Worm finds him taking a turn caring for a class pet gnat that accidentally escapes from its tank.

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

Rhyming text describes the many ways to stretch.

A guide to the care and maintenance of mothers, who are, according to the manual, "the most advanced human models on the planet."