PreS-Gr 1—Inspired by an actual news story after Japan's record-breaking 2011 tsunami, this simple story recounts a boy's loss when a wave strikes his small coastal village...
PreS-Gr 2—This cumulative tale about a pack of rats vying, in Darwinian fashion, for some cheese is a zany riff on the familiar "mouse takes the cheese" refrain...
PreS-Gr 1—A little girl wakes up one weekend morning feeling out of sorts and knows the "Blooz"-big, drippy, lumpy, oozy, and violet blue-has come to visit her...
PreS-Gr 1—A rhythmic narrative introduces bespectacled Oliver, a child who "felt a bit different" and prefers the company of his stuffed animals, puppets, and a mouse to that of other children...