Alastair Heim

"Big Bub the monster needs a bath, but his bathtub is too small. What will he do? He will try everything!"--

"Everyone knows there's no peeking at presents before Christmas morning. But what if there's a very, very good reason to take a look? It's Christmas Eve and the three kids in this story are trying their best to go to sleep, but something keeps waking themup. And it's not just their excitement for gifts. Or, at least, not only because they're excited for gifts. This irresistible Christmas story, equal parts hilarious and charming, captures all the...

While trying to teach her younger sisters proper etiquette for a tea party, a young girl is distressed to hear a rude sound repeated.

"The Cat in the Hat considers all the ways he would improve on celebrating Christmas if he were to fill in for Saint Nick"--

"Mr. Frog finds out that timing is everything when he keeps missing his chance to cross the street as the crosswalk sign changes from 'stop' to 'go.' Can he stop daydreaming about how he will jump, hop, or flip his way across the street, and how much fun he will have when he gets to the other side, before the sign says 'stop' again? Sometimes the journey is just as much fun as the destination!"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a thieving, Christmas-loving Fox as he causes holiday madness all around town--until Santa catches him.

An Election Day reader finds the Cat in the Hat outlining laugh-out-loud campaign promises if he is elected president, including giving the Oval Office a more pronounced shape, replanting the Rose Garden with Seussian shrubbery and painting smiles on thesomber portraits of historical leaders.