Lakin, Patricia

Looks at different kinds of food and drink and related customs around the world, including tea in Russia, hot dogs in the United States, and baklava in Greece.

Examines the similarities and differences in art forms around the world.

Presents a short biography of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States; and chronicles her childhood in Massachusetts, education, marriage, and the role she played in helping to shape the early history of America.

When it starts snowing one school day, Max and Mo, the art room hamsters, watch the "Big Ones" outside making snowmen, and they decide to make one too.

Four crocodile friends have many adventures during a campout.

While buying the ingredients for her first cake--a surprise for her mother's birthday--Sarah shares secrets with the friendly neighborhood shopkeepers, especially with the Singers, who have strange blue numbers on their arms.

A girl and her father prepare their beach cottage for the coming hurricane, which topples their swing tree and washes away their stairs. Includes section of hurricane facts.

The students in Max and Mo's classroom are getting ready for Halloween by making masks; when the kids go home, it is time for Max and Mo, two hamsters, to make their own masks.

Clarence, a cat who does not want to hurt mice or any other creatures, does not feel welcome anywhere until he discovers the Barnstable Library.

When the town has money problems, Edward, the mayor's nephew, helps find a way for people to work together to meet the needs of Parkside Elementary School and the Senior Citizen's Center.