Paul R. Gagne

The peace and quiet following Max's decision to put his instruments away drives the neighbors just as crazy as his constant practicing did

When Owen refuses to part from his increasingly careworn blanket, a concerned neighbor gives his parents tips on how to get him to let the blanket go.

Spring is here in this cheerful introduction to the seasons. Frogs leap, tadpoles wriggle, geese waddle and minnows scatter. Young kids won't want to miss a single splash.

Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fierce snowstorm when her mother falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess.

Ever since Willie Bentley was a young boy, he was fascinated with snowflakes. He looked at them under a microscope and studied their icy crystals. He even drew pictures of them, finding no two snowflakes exactly alike.

An animated short film based on a 1989 wordless picture book by Bill Martin Jr. In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!

Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country and do something different for a change.

When the Otters move in next door to Mr. Rabbit, he does not know how to act with them. This is the story that highlights how to be a good neighbor and friend - just simply follow the Golden Rule!

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.

When Freddy's teacher, Mrs. Lapino notices that Freddy has a reading problem, she sends a Book Fairy to talk to his parents to convince them to help him read. Though their initial attempts meet with little success, they try their hardest and teach Freddy to love reading.

These two girls are marvelous companions who often do not agree…on socks…or goldfish…or venturing to the Andes. This humorous story relates how compromise helps these two very different individuals remain the best of friends.

A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.

Pete's parents know exactly what to do when Pete's in a bad mood. They turn Pete into the funniest pizza ever.

Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can’t draw - she’s no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds’s delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.

Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination.

This kid-friendly collection of slightly spooky animated tales includes an adaptation of Mike Thayer’s “The Teacher from the Black Lagoon,” about a boy’s wild nightmares concerning his teacher on the first day of school. Other stories include Tomi Ungerer’s “The Three Robbers,” James Stevenson’s “What’s Under My Bed?” and Caroline Stutson’s “By the Light of the Halloween Moon,” in which a clever girl foils the plans of holiday ghouls.

Meet a worm not that different from you or me, except that his head looks a lot like his tail! A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.

In the fifth picture book in the New York Times best-selling Pigeon series by Mo Willems, Duckling asks for a cookie—and gets one! Do you think Pigeon is happy about that?

A little bear wants to give the moon a birthday present, but before he does, he needs to find out what the moon wants. He then makes the journey across the river, hikes through the woods, and up into the mountains. The little bear feels that the closer he is to the moon, the better the moon can hear him. The little bear begins to talk with the moon by interpreting the moon's response through his own echo. Eventually, he buys the moon a hat, because that's what the little bear said he wanted...

In this hilarious picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.