Greetings from Nowhere
by Barbara O'Connor | 
I Love You, Grandma
by Jilliam Harker | 
Running Wild
by Michael Morpurgo | 
A Handful of Stars
by Cynthia Lord |
A Boy Called Bat
by Elana K. Arnold | 
The Storm
by Cynthia Rylant |
The Black Fawn
by Jim Kjelgaard |
Swamp Cat
by Jim Kjelgaard |
The Tough Winter
by Robert Lawson | 
The Fast and the Furriest
by Andy Behrens | 
Three Terrible Trins
by Dick King-Smith | 
The School Mouse
by Dick King-Smith |
Kalak of the Ice
by Jim Kjelgaard |
The Fox Busters
by Dick King-Smith | 
Dear Zoo
by Rod Campbell | 
Snuggle Puppy!
by Sandra Boynton | 
The Most Magnificent Thing
by Ashley Spires | 
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
by Joseph Slate | 
The Easter Egg
by Jan Brett |
Five Minutes' Peace
by Jill Murphy |
Summer days drift by slowly in Meadville, South Carolina--that is, until Sherman the one-legged pigeon flies into town and causes a ruckus. First Stella, who's been begging for a dog, spots him on top of a garage roof and decides she wants him for a pet. Then there's Ethel and Amos, an old couple who sees the pigeon in their barn keeping company with a little brown dog that barks all night. The pigeon lands smack in the middle of Mutt Raynard's head, but he's the town liar, so no one believes him. And when Stella's brother Levi and his scabby-kneed, germ-infested friends notice the pigeon, they join the chase, too. Meanwhile, across town, Mr. Mineo has one less homing pigeon than he used to...