Marc Tolon Brown

It looks like trouble when the principal asks Arthur to take home a large envelope marked "confidential".

A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.

Contains twenty rhymes involving finger play.

D.W., a young aardvark, discovers that lots of practice eventually helps her master the new routine in her gymnastics class.

Monkey is very nervous about the new baby. He likes being a little brother! Before the big arrival, Monkey must learn about what it means to be a big brother. Mommy, Daddy, and Brother show Monkey how to prepare for the baby: Monkey can share his old baby things with his new little sibling. He can go to the hospital with Mommy to feel the baby kicking! Monkey can even help Mommy pick out all of the things that the baby will need, and get her packed...

D.W. bosses her brother Arthur into carrying her on his shoulders at the beach because she maintains that she hates the water, until she gets a big wet surprise.

Arthur chronicles the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark, eight-year-old Arthur Read, and his family and friends. Includes: Hic or Treat; Mr. Alwaysright; Francine's Pilfered Paper; and Buster Gets Real.

When D.W.'s fifth birthday party doesn't go as planned, he runs away to a magical island. Meanwhile, Arthur skips D.W.'s birthday party to go to the planetarium, which transports him four years into the future.

D.W. loses her imaginary friend, Sue Ellen goes for a train ride that isn't what she expected, Arthur and the gang rush to film their lives for a new show hosted by Matt Damon, Mrs. Molina is teaching a dance class with some unlikely students.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the joy parents feel as ten tiny toes enter the world and, later, learn to walk, bop, and jump.