Todd Kessler

When little Ricky Lee finds a puppy on the side of the road, he takes him home and names him Tako. Ricky is allowed to keep Tako, but only if he is a good little dog. Tako wants more than anything to be a good dog, but when greedy Mr. Prichard hatches a plan to put the Lee family's bakery out of business, Tako may be the only one who can stop him. But to do so, he'll have to break the rules.

The Good Dog

Angela C. Santomero

Felt Friends

Deborah Reber

Traci Paige Johnson

Blue reveals how she got her pet turtle, Turquoise, how she takes care of her, and what happens when she takes the little reptile to show-and-tell, in a book that introduces word recognition.

My Pet Turtle

A mysterious thief is stealing from the Lee family household and bakery and it s up to little puppy Tako to catch the culprit. Tako succeeds in exposing Allie, a feisty cat, but when she gets thrown out of the house Tako begins to have second thoughts about the consequences of his actions. Tako may be the only one who can uncover the truth, but to do so he will have to fight the vicious river rats and learn there may be more to the mischievous cat than what meets the eye. With a focus on narrative storytelling, this book bucks the trend of increasingly shorter picture books and encourages sustained, robust discussion and independent thinking."

Todd Kessler

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