To see life out of the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home, in a story with material on the origins of books in the I Can Read series.

Tells the story of Little Bear's visit with his grandparents; he has much fun and coaxes two delightful stories from them.

When Space Cat and Earl the robot encounter trouble with their space ship, they crash-land on an alien planet to search for more fuel.

Although excited at the prospect of a fancy class trip to the art museum, the bumpy bus ride to get there leaves Nancy feeling anything but fancy. Introduces vocabulary, reading comprehension, word recognition, character identification.

"Otter can't seem to stop sneezing! But he only sneezes when he's with his best friend, Owl. Is this the end of their friendship?"-cover, p.4.

Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery but the cubs want to learn about the train. With luck, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the train whistle.

Two cats that are as different as night and day are nevertheless best friends.

When Pinkalicious brings her imaginary unicorn, Goldie, to school and teaches him the rules, he helps her and the other students to become better friends.