Here is the thrilling, thigh-slapping companion to Swamp Angel, the beloved Caldecott Honor–winning picture book.

Toby is all dressed up in her bright, new clothes and on her way to town when suddenly BUMP! She is hurled out of her parents wagon and high into the sky!  Then deep in to the forest she falls, right in front of a hungry wolf!  But Toby is brave and very clever. She fends off five fearsome, wild animals by trading items of her clothing in exchange for her safety.

How the incredibly vain creatures turn into a puddle of sweet maple syrup and end up on Tobys pancakes makes for a delicious and satisfying surprise.

In 1943, in Poland, the life of 12 year old Eva takes a terrifying turn when her beloved sister is seized by the Nazis in a raid on the Jewish ghetto. In an effort to save both of his daughters, Papa sends Eva to join her sister in a Nazi labor camp, where the girls spin thread on treacherous machinery to make blankets for the German army. As she struggles amid ever-worsening dangers to save her life and that of her sick sister, Eva's world tears apart like the weak threads on her spinning machine.

A cat up a tree: what could be more familiar? Yet in this seemingly ordinary event lies a world of humor, pathos, and wonder. The story unfolds one poem at a time, sweeping the reader into a pageant of characters, all of whom think they know best what to do with the cat.

But does the cat need catching? The fireman and cat-catcher, a little girl, a wary robin, and an overzealous mayor, among others, all have their point of view.

Climb into the unpredictable world of a most unusual treehouse, and join the adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children who experience it, in turn, as a refuge, a lookout post, and a frightening dragon's lair.

In three interlocking stories, Tom, Emily, and Nathaniel each confront the mischief that ensues when their dreams come all too true. A spirit of romance shimmers through these humorous tales like summer sunlight through the leaves.

Once upon a summer in the Tennessee wilderness, there prowled a huge bear named Thundering Tarnation, whose prodigious appetite threatened to empty the settlers' storehouses, leaving them without food for the winter. Who could possibly stop him? Many tried, but none could beat that low-down pile of pelts. Enter Swamp Angel, the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee.

When some men taunt her --"how about baking a pie, Angel?"-- '"I aim to," says she. "A bear pie."'

The ensuing hilarious, outrageous struggle between girl and bear leaves lasting impressions on land and sky.

Welcome to California, 1848.  Meet Estrella, who can run so fast she burns up the air, leaving a trail of flames wherever she runs on her father's rancho north of San Francisco.  Her pets -- a Kickle Snifter, a Sidehill Wowser, and a Rubberado puppy -- are as untamed as California in full mayhem at the beginning of the Gold Rush.  They're not like anything you’ve ever seen in a pet shop, and they are the pride and joy of Estrella’s heart.