Hang on-Harriet's on her way up! For days, George has been taunting Harriet about the roller coaster at the amusement park. "It's so big, you can't see the top...It goes so fast, you might fall out...You'll be too scared to ride on it." "I am NOT scared," Harriet tells him. But that night she doesn't sleep very well. And the next morning, when it is time to go, she feels a little sick. Children are certain to recognize Harriet's terror and...

The first day of school can be scary enough as it is without a bully stealing your lunch! And that's just what happens to poor George when he runs into Big Mike, the sixth-grade bully, on the walk to school. Every day George is tormented-not to mention hungry-and too afraid to tell anyone, until his good friend Harriet steps in and helps George give Big Mike a taste of his own medicine.

Harriet feels terrible after accidentally trampling a neighbor's garden and ruining her prize dahlia, until she confesses and sets things right.

Loudmouth George has just started playing the coronet and he's awful! Awful-according to everyone but George, who thinks he's the best coronet player ever born. George is full of hot air, but it's hard not to admire his complete lack of self-consciousness. George is soon on to big, better, and LOUDER things

When a family of pigs moves in next door, George wants nothing to do with them. "Pigs are dirty," he claims. "They eat garbage. They're not like us at all." George's friends, however, don't share his concerns. For the next few days they have a ball in Louanne Pig's backyard while George sits indoors. But on Wednesday when he hears them shrieking with laughter as the run through Louanne's sprinkler all morning long, it's too much for him. Maybe pigs...

Everyone is excited to try out for the school talent show. Everyone but Louanne, that is. "I'm just a big, no-talent dope!" says Louanne. All of her friends make it into the show. When the big night arrives, Louanne is miserable as she stays home alone. Will Louanne miss out completely on one of the most exciting events of the year?

When facing down a bully, a trip to the dentist, or your mom's prune oatmeal, there's only one thing you can do--Smile a lot! And you'll pull through! In this appealing new offering from best-selling author/illustrator Nancy Carlson, a determined little frog discovers that even when you don't want to, smiling can make any situation better.

Kelly can't ice skate. To make matters worse, the neighborhood kids tease her about it. But when Kelly hangs a special pair of ice skates around an ordinary snowman, things suddenly start to look a little brighter. Magic and skating go hand in hand in this lively tale about a very special friendship.

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

After a long day at work, bunnies come home, change their clothes, eat dinner, and do the dishes. Then it's time for bunnies and their hobbies. Young children will gleefully recognize the unlikely similarities between people and Nancy Carlson's active bunnies in this charming book, sure to be a bedtime favorite.