Elise Broach

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A young bulldozer struggles to fall asleep. --

Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.

"A boy's mother, reluctant to allow him even one pet, is increasingly unhappy as each pet wants a pet of its own." --

Marvin the beetle finds adventure when his human friend James takes him to school.

Karl and Christina are getting married! James feels happy for his father. Karl asks James to be the ring bearer. James is excited to attend the wedding... but also very nervous. While he loves Christina, he is worried about losing his dad to a different family. And what if, at the ceremony, James drops the ring? His best friend Marvin promises to help him, but Marvin ends up with an even more important job when something goes terribly wrong. Will...

"The life of a musically gifted bird changes forever after she discovers the music of Chopin and helps a talented young pianist solve the mystery of a long-lost Chopin piano." --

Returning to Superstition Mountain, the Barker brothers, along with their friend Delilah, soon find themselves entangled in more danger and myststery as they uncover a treasure.

Two children must find a way around their father's "no pets" rule when a friendly dragon appears in their backyard.

After learning that the cousin he dislikes is coming for a visit, a boy imagines what unpleasant things might happen to him.