Nancy L Carlson

"Eight-year-old Sam has a powerful brain but needs some help focusing. The doctor gives Sam lots of strategies to try, like staying organized, eating better food, and asking for help when he needs it. Sam's favorite strategy? Make time for imagination"--

When he is called to the principal's office, George hurries to explain that other people were to blame for the many things that went wrong during the day, from his late arrival to the escape of some mice. Al ser llamado a la oficina de la directora, George se apresura a explicar que otra gente tiene la culpa por las muchas cosas que pasaron mal durante el día, desde su llegada atrasada al escape de algunos ratones de su jaula.

Patrick has difficulty sitting still until his mother comes up with a plan to help him.

George brags, procrastinates, and offers excuses instead of training for the big race--much to his later embarrassment.

When a family of pigs moves in next door, the rabbit George wants nothing to do with them, but finally he gives in and finds out they aren't so bad after all.

Harriet decides that her little brother Walt isn't as big a pest as she once thought he was.

Tim is always worrying about something, but things never turn out as badly as he thinks they will.

Vinney is short. He gets picked on, overlooked in the lunch line, and passed by for the good parts in the school play. He can’t reach the chapter books in the library and never gets passed the basketball! Vinney hates being short. That is, until he learns to Think Big! Vinney takes his new positive attitude to school and turns the downsides of being short upside down. It’s tough being little in a big world, but Vinney learns that it isn’t so bad...

When Arnie is challenged to skateboard down a dangerous hill, he has to decide how far he is willing to go to be "cool."

The Twin Cities region of Minnesota has long been recognized as a hub of history, culture, commerce, and education. Now in T is for Twin Cities: A Minneapolis/St. Paul Alphabet, readers can explore the many treasures the area has to offer. Visit the celebrated state capitol building in St. Paul, which was modeled after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Meet cartoonist Charles Schulz of 'Peanuts' fame and 'Prairie Home Companion' radio personality Garrison...