Lois Wickstrom
Is the Witch really going to enter the House Beautiful Contest?
For that matter, is there really a witch? Something is tapping in the woods. Hansel and Gretel investigate. It's not a witch building a beautiful home. It's a woodpecker. They were in such a hurry to find the source of the sound, now they are lost. They come upon a beautiful home. It's made of gingerbread. Animals are nibbling. Hansel and Gretel, eat some, too.
...Trezzie is a mermaid. She likes pretty things. And she thinks ice cubes are beautiful.
Maia and Fig are having a picnic by the lake. Fig brought ice cubes for their lemonade. But Fig can't see Trezzie. Trezzie is Maia's imaginary playmate. Maia makes Trezzie a necklace by blowing holes in the ice cubes. Trezzie can't help blow the holes because her breath isn't warm. Fig gets jealous, when Trezzie swims away with
...The tree Grandma brings has aphids. Grandma says Loretta must kill the aphids before they kill the tree, but Loretta refuses because she loves insects. One day, a katydid finds the tree. It eats all the aphids. Then the katydid starts eating the tree. Loretta doesn't want to get rid of the katydid. How will she keep her orange tree healthy for the science fair? With a little secret help from the insect world, Loretta just might win first
...Grandma knits Lila a poncho. This poncho has not one, but three, head holes in it! Lila is sure Grandma made a mistake. Grandma sends her out to play, saying, "We all pull together!" Lila thinks that makes no sense. She encounters three kids who need her help, including the neighborhood bully. Who will she help? And what does the poncho have to do with it? and make the world a better place?
Mira and Carl are enemies. They are also sister and brother.
They never want to do the same thing. Except, they both want to sit behind Daddy when they ride in the car. One day, Dad takes them to the beach. Carl is going to be the super hero and build a castle. Mira will be the super villain and destroy it. So, Carl builds better and stronger castles. And Mira comes up with more ingenious ways to destroy them.
...The wolf huffed and he puffed. But the pigs had built wolf-proof houses. The pigs couldn't go out. The wolf-couldn't get in. They were all hungry. The pigs knew that a problem can be a solution out-of-place. Could they make good use of all that huffing and puffing?
When Little Red returns to Grannie's house, she senses things aren't right. Little Red must use her newfound detective skills to determine if Grannie is who she says she is. When Red learns that Grannie really is in danger, Red comes up with a plan to help save the day - all with a little help from science.
The Queen is the fairest judge in the land.
All her subjects bring their problems for her to decide. She uses her magic mirror to see the Sparkle of Fairness in their eyes. The dwarves bring her a problem where both sides think they are being fair, and the mirror shows that the Queen is NOT the fairest one of all. Snow White is sent to investigate.
What she finds can change the kingdom forever.
...Two Dinosaur Stories in One Book. These dinosaurs are best friends, but sometimes they disagree.
A present for the Volcano
Spike (an ankylosaurus) sees a volcano erupting. He thinks it is unhappy. He wants to give the volcano a present to cheer it up. He gets his friend Conifer (a tyrannosaurus) to help him build a necklace of stones around the base of the volcano. When it does erupt, the stones
...12) The Empty Box
This year, when Grandpa puts Caspian's special Unbirthday box under his bed, it's empty.
Grandpa insists that he has given Caspian an Invisible Magic Wand® Caspian has to name it before it will work.
"Maybe," says Caspian.
"Good name," says Grandpa. "Nobody will get suspicious."
Caspian's hand tingles.
Caspian learns how to squeeze time, so he can move quickly and how to stretch
...Caspian never knows what Grandpa will Give him for his Unbirthday
This year, Caspian's UnBirthday Gift
is a Mind-Reading Hat. When he puts
it on he hears his mom and Grandpa
talking about his surprises.
But their lips aren't moving.
Then he hears a turtle talking.
The turtle needs his help. It's all alone in the dark.
Will the turtle's thoughts be enough for Caspian find it?
...15) Carrie's Flight
When Grandma moved to the small house across town, she left treasures in the closet of her old home. Carrie has opened the door to the closet. There's no stopping her now!
A modern Icarus tale.
Carrie's Grandma left four mysterious boxes in a closet marked: KEEP. Wandas, Fascinator, Dowse, and Feathers. These treasures help Carrie feel closer to Grandma. There's magic in love. And in the starlings they watch together.
Magic
...Two Dinosaur Stories in One Book. Flip it over and read another story. These dinosaurs are best friends, but sometimes they disagree.
A present for the Volcano
Spike (an ankylosaurus) sees a volcano erupting. He thinks it is unhappy. He wants to give the volcano a present to cheer it up. He gets his friend Conifer (a tyrannosaurus) to help him build a necklace of stones around the base of the
...Loretta finds a caterpillar egg on a milkweed plant. She watches over the egg, observes hatching, shoos away the predators, watches the maturation process, metamorphosis and migration. Book also has explanation of migration, sources of milkweed seeds, and how to recognize male and female monarch butterflies.
It's Opposite Day at school and all the kids get easy puzzles, like fill the glass and open the door. But when the teacher asks Dinopotamus to bring her the big box, he gets nervous because he's not your typical student. Opposite Day means you get to break rules and disobey instructions. But only if you get it right. Or maybe you need to get it wrong. But how do you know if you broke the right rules
Alex, the inventor, is sure the plants are talking to her. They want to have a party. They want to fly. She has fun until things go wrong and the plants continue to ask for things. What will Alex do about it? Will she invent something new? This is a story about imagination and invention and what happens at the end of a long day.
Maia's Imaginary Friend is a Mermaid. Her best friend Fig can't see her.
But Fig and Trezzie both love science. Trezzie loves to collect trash that people leave on the lakeshore. She keeps her finds in her treasure box. They come in handy for learning science. Maia, Fig and Trezzie swap science tricks using treasures from the mermaid's secret box. Best of all, they make a rainbow with a mirror, a piece of paper, and a glass
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