Isidre Mones

"Mr. Fish is feeling down in the dumps--he does not have a friend at school to play with. How can he make a friend? What should he do? With the help of some undersea creatures, Mr. Fish realizes that maybe making friends isn't so scary" -- Dust jacket.

Mr. Fish and Willa Whale are on their way to a birthday party, but Willa is worried about fitting in, so Mr. Fish shows her how to overcome her social anxiety by tackling the worries one at a time.

Mudge loves his blanket so much that when it gets lost, Henry has to find it or Mudge might never go to sleep.

Willa has a whale of a problem. Willa the whale's a worrywart. She feels timid about raising her fin in class: What if she takes too long to answer or, worse, gets it wrong? When her teacher calls on her encouragingly, Willa remains silent. Whew! That worked; she's saved. But Willa begins to reflect on the teacher's comment to the class: "It isn't always easy / To share the things we know, / But ideas, thoughts, and questions / Are the way we learn...

"It's Easter in the deep blue sea! Join Mr. Fish and his friends on their annual egg hunt--is this the year when Pout-Pout Fish will come home with an egg of his own?" -- Page [4] cover.

"From the front loader to the mighty dump truck, construction trucks work hard together to make sure a building goes up"--P. [4] of cover.

"Fire trucks are on duty around the clock! Day and night the pumper truck and the sky-lift engine work together with other trucks to fight fires!"--P. [4] of cover.

Track the facts about the unicorn of the sea--the narwhal--and its closest relatives! --

As Bambi and Thumper play hide-and-seek, Bambi discovers different animal friends behind bushes and a hollow log, on the creek, in a tree, and among the flowers.

When astronauts land on Mars, their first discovery is a substance not unlike pie filling and Kate and Henry are eager to go taste some, but Grandpa, who may have some inside information, discourages them.