Michael Garland

A hilarious school story that explores all the possible places your homework might be hiding!When a young boy's homework goes missing, who is to blame? Of course the aliens beamed it up, or perhaps the pirates plundered the pages, or maybe the wicked witch turned his homework into a frog! Or did a dog actually eat it? With a vivid imagination and hilarious art style, Michael Garland hits all the right notes in this wonderful back-to-school story....

"Grandma Ginny and Timmy take a trip to visit the site of the family farm, where the old house and some rickety buildings still stand. Timmy had visited with Grandpa before and learned all about his tractor, but Grandma has her own stories to tell of planting the fields, harvesting the crops, and feeding the animals. Guided by Grandma's farm diary and her fond memories, Timmy and Grandma tour the land and talk about what life was like back then"--...

Young Tommy travels to a magical city on Christmas Eve, where rhyming clues lead him through the streets toward a suprise. Vivd illustrations let readers participate in the treasure hunt with Tommy by finding hidden objects and unscrambling a holiday message.

Although he knows that his ambition to fly is silly, Icarus the pig sets out to design, build, and test a set of wings.

When Tommy follows the instructions his aunt left him, he is led to several Easter surprises.

Fish wishes to be all sorts of animals because each one is special, then realizes there is something good about being a fish, too.

In her out-of-the-ordinary reading class, Miss Smith uses her incredible storybook to transport her students to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World, " where they have an adventure with dinosaurs.

A businessman who is not very nice has bought the North Pole and Christmas, threatening to ruin that special day, and only Chrissie, Santa's daughter, seems to believe Christmas can be saved.

When a heavy snowfall causes schools and businesses to close, Tommy follows a series of notes from his Aunt Jeanne as he explores the frozen landscape, makes new friends, and participates in winter sports. Artwork includes over 200 objects for the reader to find and count.