"Good morning, class. Today we are going to learn about Earth Hounds. Earth Hounds have fangs at the front and a waggler at the back. To find out which is which, hold a sausage at both ends." Dr Xargle is instructing his class of small fellow aliens on the nature and habits of the earth creatures known to us as dogs.

The alien Professor Xargle explains all about Earth Tigerlets, known on this planet as felines.

"Good morning, class. Today we are going to learn about Earthlets." In this way Dr Xargle, our friendly alien teacher, begins to teach his class about humans and babies. This is a hysterically funny book, with a particularly wry look at the way we bring up babies: look out for the 'egg-mangle' - will you ever want to eat egg again?

Sensing that something has gone horribly wrong, Erde, the daughter of a powerful Lord, flees her father's castle to find the dragon called Earth and its mage, the only beings that can save her world from swiftly spreading madness. Praise for the Dragon Quartet: "A must for all those dragon lovers of other writers like Wrede and McCaffrey." —VOYA "Entertaining...Kellogg's characters make a delightful quartet." —Starlog "Dragon fans are really going to love [it]...absolutely irresistible...Sparks of excitement leap through the pages." —Romantic Times

The alien Professor Xargle explains all about Earth Tigerlets, known on this planet as felines.

When things start going wrong around the castle, everyone blames the Little Princess. No matter how much she cries, "I didn't do it!", no one believes her. Upset, the Little Princess goes off to hide and finds out who really is to blame! Another hilarious story from the classic best-selling Little Princess series.

WHY? is about a lonely old man named Mr. Flex, who is always yelling “Why?” and is constantly questioning his circumstances. The story takes place during the summer in a small town, where the townspeople are ambivalent to Mr. Flex’s distress. It takes a stranger coming to the neighborhood and befriending Mr. Flex to find out why he is yelling the word. Oswald has come to town to visit his brother, Jarvis. Oswald learns that Mr. Flex is yelling “Why?” because his wife took his children and left town without telling him.

In this version of the traditional tale, the three little pigs leave a cramped high rise apartment in the city to cast their lots in the country.

As your bath water drains, that slurping sound it makes is the Bath Monster—dirty bath water is his SECOND favorite food. No one wants to find out what his FIRST favorite food is . . . until Jackson decides he doesn't believe in the Bath Monster anymore and refuses to take a bath ever again. Starving, the Bath Monster visits Jackson for his FIRST favorite food . . . Thank goodness it's not little kids, but mud pies!

For 4-10 year olds -- Education Services, Wellington, N.Z.