"Young Mary Lennox is left an orphan when her parents die of illness while living abroad. In their absence, Mary is sent to stay under the care of her Uncle in Yorkshire, England. It's there in Misselthwaite Manor that she meets two young boys--a servant named Dickon and her cousin Colin, who lives locked away in the manor due to a disability that leaves him bound in a wheelchair. The trio discover a secret garden hidden in the manor grounds and work...

You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid. Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them...

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.

When Robert's best friend Peter moves away, both are unhappy, but they learn that they can make new friends and still remain best friends.

In the mountains of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, a little bear and his mother get ready for their long winter sleep by gathering food and catching salmon.

A distant marching band grows larger and louder as it nears, and then softer and smaller as it goes away again.

A humorous alphabet of animals engaged in human activities, including an alligator in the attic, a unicorn underwater, and an elephant riding on the escalator.

Knowing that his talkative wife will reveal to the world that he has found a fortune buried on their farm, John arranges an elaborate scheme to insure that she will not be believed.

A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda, and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered, and what the government is doing to save them.

When money for the class trip suddenly disappears, detective twins Sam and Dave Bean get on the case.