Lamar Public Library

Little Miss Fun is as happy as a lark. Except when she is organizing a party. And then she is even happier than a lark.

Mr. Busy, who can do anything ten times faster than a normal person, tries to get Mr. Slow to be more industrious.

Melvin likes to throw a tantrum when he does not get what he wants, but he learns that the classroom rule, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" applies at home as well.

Uh-oh! Mr. Nosey better watch out when he pokes his nose in other people's business.

Tiger says "No!" to everything his mother wants him to do, but then finds out that having a temper tantrum will not get him what he wants.

If Horrid Henry wins the Frosty Free Snowman Competition, he'll get free ice cream for a year! He'll live on ice cream. He'll sleep in ice cream. He'll bathe in ice cream. Winning wil be easyhis only real competition will be that baby, Perfect Peter. Plus three more stories that go well with ice cream.

Charlie Bucket has a golden ticket to tour Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. No ladies in hairnets here! This factory is the ultimate candy land with singing Oompa-Loompas and a chocolate river. But along the way, the other ticket-holders meet bizarre fates. Will Charlie make it to the secret prize waiting at the tour's end?

A young girl explores what different emotions feel like, such as happiness which makes her want to twirl, or sadness which feels as heavy as an elephant.

The new boy in class is a disruptive pest until one child remembers how bad it feels to be new at school and makes friends with Sid.

Sophie is hurt when the other children laugh at her painting of her favorite tree--but when she explains her painting everybody understands what she was trying to do.