Hall, Kirsten

Toggles paints such lifelike portraits of her friends, Slider mistakes the pictures for real Beasties.

Introduces how scientists explore the oceans to seek or study such things as the giant squid, wreckage of the Titanic, a fossil Coelacanth, and the lost city of Atlantis.

Presents true stories of scientists who track animals, learning about the secret language of elephants, ensuring the successful return of a sea lion to the wild, studying the survival skills of insects, and learning about the movements of reptiles.

A little girl puts on different costumes and pretends she's a ballerina performing for an audience.

A young boy's day starts badly, but his mood improves when his teacher gives him a good mark on his paper.

While a little boy plays with his toy trucks, he imagines driving various real trucks such as a wrecker, a fire engine, and a farm pickup.

While running from the "goose" in a game, the boy imagines himself running as fast as a fox, crossing the finishing line first, and being carried by a gust of wind.

A boy disguised as a monster scares his friend, his parents, and eventually himself.

Introduces early readers to thirty-nine vocabulary words through a story about a young boy who tells about his new town, teacher, dentist, barber, and baby sister.

A farmer spends her day gathering eggs, milking the cow, harvesting corn, driving the plow, and feeding the horses.