Doug Cooney

Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business, but when he refuses to give his star employee a raise and the business starts to fall apart, it takes the death of his own dog to bring everyone back together.

Read along with Disney! On a hike with her Buttercup troop, Sofia must prove to an overprotective Baileywick and King Roland that princesses need to (and can) do things on their own. In this leveled reader with simple text, word repetition, and word for word narration, young children will be able to enjoy this Sofia the First story on their own.

Megan, a popular and outgoing fourth-grader, is sure that the "perfect" new girl dislikes her because she is deaf, but persistence and a joint science fair project help Megan see that the two girls have something in common after all.

After Sofia befriends the cute, friendly trolls who live in a cave near the castle, it's up to her to show King Roland and her family that they shouldn't judge or fear the trolls without getting to know them first.