Snail hits.

Snail runs.

Snail slides home.

Hooray for Snail!

Here is a very easy-to-read story about an amazing baseball game.

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Is bigger better?

Sasha is a little dog.Her big cousin, Oliver, and his even bigger friend, Juliet, like to have contests to see who is the best. But Sasha doesn't care who's bigger, or better -- she just wants to play!Sasha is a little dog with a big cousin. The big cousin has an even bigger friend. The big dogs want to have contests to find out who’s best. All Sasha wants is to play: will she get her chance? With a surprise twist at the end, John Stadler's droll look at a hilarious rivalry’s unexpected results will delight any beginning reader who has ever been accused of being ‘too little.’

Sasha is a little dog with a big cousin. The big cousin has an even bigger friend. The big dogs want to have contests to find out who’s best. All Sasha wants is to play: will she get her chance? With a surprise twist at the end, John Stadler's droll look at a hilarious rivalry’s unexpected results will delight any beginning reader who has ever been accused of being ‘too little.’

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Cat is terrified of his first parachute jump, but with reassurance from his friend, Hippo, he goes for it. This early reader will keep kids laughing while they learn....

He really does. But something strange happens every time he tries: The water fountain turns into a tidal wave. The fire extinguisher blasts him into space. The music baton becomes a magic wand! Is Snail really helpful? Maybe. Is he good at having adventures? Yes!

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WELCOME to the big top and get ready to experience a spectacular show, hosted by our mouse emcee! Will Ellie the elephant be able to jump from a very tall ladder into a tiny glass of water? The suspense mounts as Ellie climbs up, gets nervous, can't look down and then jumps . . . right into the glass of water.

Through the clever use of gatefold flaps, the reader will learn that what seemed big (Ellie) is really little, and what seemed little (our mouse host) is really big.

This simple story can be used on many levels - as a novelty book, as an early reader, and as a literacy tool for those who cannot read English, since the story tells itself through John Stadler's wonderful expressive illustrations....

A charming school story with a twist—new from John Stadler!

Wilson had just finished his first week of school and could not wait for the next one to begin. He was very fond of his new teacher, Miss Lovely. But something was wrong that day—very wrong. There were no school buses, the school itself was empty, and something strange was approaching. Undeterred and ever-hopeful that he would see Miss Lovely soon, Wilson went through his normal school day alone—he did his math lesson alone, his science lesson alone, sent himself to the principal’s office when he was naughty, and more, but still . . . something was approaching.

Stadler skillfully uses gatefold flaps to keep the suspense mounting until we find out just who—or what—was approaching.

Readers will love following Wilson and his day at school right out of a Twilight Zone episode in this funny, sweet, and sometimes scary story....

MEET WILBUR LITTLE, a lime-juice drinking, pint-sized, sombreroed cowboy who herds pigs for a living. Wilbur tackles the villains he meets in the forms of pig-rustlers and gamblers, along with his loyal companion, Alvin (who happens to be a big blue moose), an off-key singing piglet, and a book-loving pig from Yuma. Their hilarious antics and pell-mell are the norm in a wacky western world where creative problemsolving is needed for good to triumph over evil.

The Ballad of Wilbur and the Moose was originally published in a slightly different form in 1989 to wonderful acclaim by Publishers Weekly, People, and The New York Times Book Review Children’s Bookshelf. John Stadler recently located all of the original artwork (as well as creating one all-new spread) so that this publisher could bring this book back to the full glory it deserves....