Jane Cutler

Together, two good friends figure out how to prepare for the possibility of rain, how to celebrate un-birthdays, and what to do with worries. A welcome addition to the pantheon of early reader books, meet Rose and Riley, a vole and a groundhog, who are best friends. And like all best friends, they don't always see eye to eye. Whether it is best to carry an umbrella when rain is predicted but there isn't a cloud in the sky, or a good idea to celebrate...

Because of allergies, five-year-old Edward Fraser and his older brother Jason can't have pets. Edward finds his own solution to the problem. He becomes a dog. In fact, he becomes so good at it, that two friends of Edward's from school start to act like dogs, too. Soon they sound so convincing that neighbors call the police to complain about the barking and yowling. When the police arrive, Jason wishes he could hide. A younger brother is bad enough,...

When a concert cellist plays in the square for his neighbors in a war-besieged city, his priceless instrument is destroyed by a mortar shell, but he finds the courage to return the next day to perform with a harmonica.

All of his neighbors have suggestions for how to get rid of the snails in his garden, but Mr. Carey isn't interested.

For her birthday, Franny receives a new, fancy doll in the mail and an old rag doll at her party, and discovers the real difference between the two.

Edward and his new friend Charley prepare for the First Annual Mark Twain Memorial Jumping Frog Contest.