"'Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b.' With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--his very own motorcycle. Living in a knothole in a hotel room, young Ralph has seen plenty of families come and go, some more generous with their crumbs than others. But when young Keith and his parents check in to the hotel, Ralph gets his first chance to check out. He has always fantasized about venturing beyond the second floor, maybe even outside....

Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys. "With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school,...

When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it. She was a perfect baby, and she had a perfect name. Chrysanthemum. When she was old enough to appreciate it, Chrysanthemum loved her name. And then she started school. "I'm named after my grandmother," said Victoria. "You're named after a flower." Chrysanthemum wilted. Life at school didn't improve. In fact, it got worse. Then the students were introduced...

A little mouse trapped in a book discovers the wind.

Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.

Penny comes home from school eager to share her very own song, but must wait until the time is right to teach it to her parents and the babies.

"Within the pages of this wordless title, a mouse chews loose an empty book page, then folds it into a paper house with a heart-shaped hole in the roof, sharing the space with another mouse"--

"Their friends all have sleds. They don't. What to do? Make one, of course! Gus and Russ set out on a snowy adventure featuring a faster than expected sled, jumps, bumps, lumps, and when they need her most--Mum (and her delicious hot buttered muffins!). Cubs in the Tub is a heart-warming winter story, the fourth in the Short Vowel Adventure Series which includes Rat Attack, Wet Hen, and Princess Pig." --

A hilarious yet frightening speculative romp into our near future. "The Mouse Who Poked an Elephant" and "Mouse Bear and Elephant Games" (Book Two) discuss how greed must give way to sustainability, the horrifying effects these economic and political changes will have on (wealthy) Baby Boomers, and how developed nations may react when faced with the next depression. "The Mouse Who Poked an Elephant" (Book 1) and "Mouse, Bear and Elephant Games" (Book...