Marsha Winborn

Hamster Norman Noggs hopes to impress the new girl in school on Valentine's Day but worries because he is not the biggest or the strongest in the class.

An eager youngster finds that it takes time and patience to make friends with Grandma's cat.

As a newly-hatched bird is blown around the farmyard by a strong wind, he keeps learning passwords that will allow him to enter different animal's homes, but is blown away again before he has the chance to go in. No matter where Little Bird goes, everyone wants to know the magic word. Is it "Peep-peep?" "Moo-moo?" "Oink-oink?" How will Little Bird ever find out? Not until Little Bird returns home does he hear the magic word from his very own Mama...

Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a boy who has a day in which nothing goes right.

Digby the dog and Kate the cat are the best of friends and even if they don't always see things the same way, they do agree that being together is the most fun of all.

Freckles the dog is Willie's best friend until a little girl whodoesn't like dogs moves in across the street.

May Belle knows just what to do with a pesky little Ogre.

Despite their differences, Porky the messy pig and Bess the fussy cat are best friends and support each other in all their endeavors, from poetry writing to cake baking.