Mrs. Millie Goes to Philly!


Book Description

Students enjoy their teacher's silly misuse of words during a class field trip to Philadelphia.




Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!


Book Description

Mrs. Millie has lots of fun teasing her kindergartners. She tells them to hang up their goats, eat gorilla cheese sandwiches, and to remember to wear their bats and kittens when they go outside for recess. Coupled with hilarious artwork that literally interprets each of Mrs. Millie's "mistakes," this lighthearted read-aloud sets a typical school day on its ear, even as it teaches a subtle lesson on wordplay.




Happy Birthday, Mrs. Millie!


Book Description

Students surprise their beloved but silly teacher with a birthday party, giving her ample opportunity to make them laugh by mixing up her words.




The Nose Book


Book Description

"I see a nose on every face. I see noses every place!” Noses come in all shapes, colors, and sizes and are handy to have for sniffling, smelling, and . . . playing horns? This simple, sometimes silly story offers little ones a first ode to the nose and all that it does.




The Olden Days


Book Description

Text and pictures portray life in a New England village in the early 19th century.




The Show-off


Book Description

Hildy looks forward to a visit from her cousin, Winston, but when he arrives he bores her and annoys all of her friends by declaring his superior intelligence and expertise on every subject, until Moose convinces him to try something different.




Spring Into Summer!


Book Description

Explains how temperature changes affect plants and animals throughout the year, in a text that includes stickers.




I Want to Go Home!


Book Description

Big Bird goes to stay with his grandmother at the beach and is homesick until he makes a new friend.




Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!


Book Description

Silly Mrs. Millie is at it again! In the fall, she takes her kindergarteners on a class trip to pick pumpkins for their harvest party. The class has fun guessing the meanings of their favorite teacher's nonsense words. They go on a dragon (wagon) ride, pet the boats (goats), and drink apple spider (cider). Coupled with hilarious artwork in pen, pencil, and colored dyes by Joe Mathieu, the lighthearted text sets a class trip on its ear, even as it teaches a subtle lesson in wordplay.




Pig Pickin'


Book Description

Moose's best friend, Hildy, is thrilled when a farmer invites her to enter a Pig Pickin' contest down South. She thinks it's a beauty contest. Is the Pig Pickin' really a beauty contest--or is Hildy going to become the barbecue? Moose uses his wits to save his best friend from a terrible fate in this funny story about friendship and loyalty.