Diane De Groat

On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.

This Valentine's Day favorite read-aloud will prompt lots of giggles, as well as discussions on kindness and forgiveness.

Gilbert is all set to write fifteen friendly valentine cards to his classmates. But how can he write a nice poem for the boy who tweaked his nose, or the girl who made fun of his glasses? Instead, Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines...and signs the wrong name on both!

When his classmates read

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Gilbert the opossum imagines himself as Surfer Dude on a fun-filled day at the beach.

Gilbert seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattletale "buddy" on a class trip to Pilgrim Town.

On April Fools' Day, Gilbert is unhappy that everyone is tricking him and he is unable to get them back, but then he thinks of a great way to fool his best friend. Includes tricks hidden in the illustrations for the reader to find.

Gilbert is excited about staying overnight at Camp Hi-Dee-Ho, until he hears about the legendary camp ghost.

"A boy's favorite superhero climbs out of a comic book and into the real world"--

While Alex sleeps, his dog Homer dreams about the game that will determine whether his team, the Doggers, or their opponents, the Hounds, will be champions of the world of dog baseball.

Fold-out pages. After Lola and her brother find all the eggs that her parents have hidden on Easter, she dresses up in her bunny ears and hides them again herself.