Lucy Ruth Cummins

A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.

An unlikely friendship develops when Stephen takes in an abandoned alien as his guest.

A stemless pumpkin that yearns to be a Halloween jack-o-lantern watches sadly as all of the other pumpkins in the shop are chosen.

"Tan ingenioso, tan gracioso y tan oscuro, todo a la vez. ¡Bárbaro! Había una vez un león hambriento, un pingüino, un pequeño gato de colores, un ratoncito marrón, un conejito con orejas tiesas y un conejito con orejas caídas, una rana, un murciélago, un cerdo chiquito, un cerdo un poco más grande, una oveja lanuda, un coala, una gallina y también una tortuga. ¡Oye! Qué está pasando aquí. El león muy hambriento está...

He may be slow but Truman the turtle is determined to find his girl Sarah, who has boarded a city bus on her way to preschool.

"...Roberta rescues tiny creatures. You know, the ones stranded in the middle of the sidewalk. A lot of the time, that earns her funny looks from kids in school. But when a swarm of baby spiders finds its way into the classroom, Roberta will save the day with her knowledge and creativity, showing everybody that tiny creatures aren't so scary after all. They just need friends who rescue and understand them!"--

"Told through a series of poetic letters, this charming celebration of family, plants and boundless love follows a little girl who receives her very own plant baby from her aunt, a gift that helps her bloom and grow, just as the love for her aunt blossoms as well"--

"A picture book about a surreptitious spider who gathers the courage to help the neighbors she has watched over from afar--a promising painter, a proper little lady, a mindful young man, a brave girl and her exceptionally brave tortoise"--