Candlewick sparks

Looking forward to spending a seaside vacation with her family and sharing an adventure on the open sea as a fierce pirate dog, Poppy the Dalmatian loses her courage in the face of numerous bobbing boats, splashing waves, and scary sea creatures.

Poppy the pirate dog's new friend is not all that she expected--or wanted.

When Elephant gets sick Monkey comes up with ways to make him feel better, but when Monkey gets sick Elephant has his own ideas about how to make him feel better.

Monkey and Elephant go out looking for fun, and they run into old friends and make some new ones.

Zelda, Ivy, and Eugene become inspired by a movie and when they decide to do some of their own detective work in the neighborhood, a rainstorm almost ruins their plans, and they are forced to come up with a solution.

When Joe the giraffe and his friend Sparky, a turtle, get curious about a big yellow bus that comes to their cageless zoo, they find themselves accidentally taking a trip to school, where they discover a lot to do and learn.

Friends Houndsley and Catina are sad because they do not know when their birthdays are, but they solve the problem in a thoughtful and creative way.

When Joe the giraffe and his friend Sparky, a turtle, see a television talent show, Joe tries to find Sparky's talent so that they can compete.

Illustrations and simple text present three short stories featuring Ivy and her two fox sisters.

Houndsley likes canoeing and his friend Catina likes bicycling, but each has to help the other learn to enjoy these activities in order to do them together.