Ame Dyckman

When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.

Although Sweetie has named and is caring for the sole dandelion on his perfect lawn, Daddy, with his friends' urging, does all he can to get rid of the weed before it spreads.

When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad comes up with a list of silly answers.

Life personified appears at a child's door and takes him on a journey in which he learns to have the time of his Life, that Life is full of surprises, and much more.

When Bear breaks a little girl's kite, she thinks he is a "HORRIBLE BEAR!"--Until she makes a mistake of her own and learns the power of saying "I'm sorry."

"A child wishes for a unicorn without knowing how unruly they are as pets"--

A boy and a robot strike up a friendship despite their differences.

A boy is thrilled to have a dragon of his own, but quickly discovers that dragons are not appropriate pets. Our protagonist wishes (much to the narrator's continued chagrin) for a pet dragon. Though initially thrilled, the kid quickly discovers that dragons aren't quite as awesome as they originally thought. From the scooting to the digging to the fire-breathing, our Kid is dismayed that they still haven't found their perfect pet. Little do they know,...

A literate fox attempts to teach a trio of overzealous lemmings to read in order to save them from their habit of jumping off cliffs.

In three-and-a-half stories, friends and roommates Bat, Cat and Rat share, joke, and read together.