Lucy Ruth Cummins

Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He's as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! He's perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern. There's just one problem--Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window. As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his...

A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.

Sleepy Sheepy is excited for his first sleepover at Grammy and Grampy's house, but when it is time to go to bed he misses home too much to fall asleep.

He may be slow but Truman the turtle is determined to find his girl Sarah, who has boarded a city bus on her way to preschool.

Covered in earthworm slime and assisted only by her cat and her little brother, Roberta rescues tiny creatures. You know, the ones stranded in the middle of the sidewalk. Upside-down, flopping, or near-frozen. A lot of the time, that earns her funny looks from kids in school. But when a swarm of baby spiders finds its way into the classroom, Roberta will save the day with her knowledge and creativity, showing everybody that tiny creatures aren't...