Elise Parsley

"A child provides insights, based on personal experience, into everything that can go wrong if one brings an alligator to school for show-and-tell." --

"If your mom says to get ready to play at the beach, she means with a boat, or a Frisbee, or a shovel. She is NOT talking about the piano. But Magnolia is a little girl with a big idea, determination, and one very heavy upright piano that, she insists, she needs to take with her. What's the worst that can happen? In a riotous series of mishaps, Magnolia quickly learns that-not surprisingly-a piano doesn't mix well with sand, sun, and seagulls!" --...

"When a wild boar with a passion for clover discovers a rare patch in the woods, he is determined to patiently stand guard until it blooms--but he is not the only clover enthusiast in the forest, and it takes reading a good book for him to figure out the mystery"--

"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention." --