When a young pioneer girl smuggles a cat aboard the wagon train taking her family from Missouri to Oregon, it turns out to be the best thing she could have done.

All Billy wants is a dog of his own, but he gets a baby sister instead.

Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.

Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.

Presents a research guide to polar bears and the Arctic discussing where polar bears live, how they survive and more.

Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.

"Jack and Annie are magically transported to mid-1800's Thebes where they are saved from a dangerous accident by Florence Nightingale!"--

Olaf has news for Elsa! He has heard of a summer queen from a summer land who has summer magic- powers similar to Elsa's but with control over fire and heat instead of snow and ice. Her land might even be trapped in an eternal summer! Olaf things it sounds great. He can't wait to meet her. But Elsa and Anna think the queen may need their help. Either way, this calls for a voyage.

"It is eight-year-old Moana's first time participating in the Tiale celebration--a festival that occurs every ten years and honors a brave female ancestor. Thanks to determination and coaching from her mother, Moana competes in the cliff diving competition!"--