Arcadia Public Library

Harvey Hare worries that all of his animal friends are too busy to come to his birthday party.

In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh.

A lynx captures a fox, a hare, and a woodpecker to make a stew, but then he falls asleep.

Brain and Francine devise the perfect plan to get even with Muffy after she bribes the judges at the science fair.

**Max's Froggy Friend:** Max makes friends with a frog in the creek and wants to take it home with him. **Max's Music:** Ruby, Valerie and Louise are practicing for the Bunny Scout concert. Max wants to play too, but just makes a lot of banging noise. **Max Gets Wet:** It's a very hot day and Max wants to go in his swimming pool. But Ruby says they've just had lunch so he's going to have to wait.

When Mama and Papa refuse to buy Brother and Sister expensive sport shirts, the cubs decide to earn the money themselves. Then, Brother displays some real moxie when he attempts to get back Sisters skipping rope from Too Tall and his gang.

Wibbly finds a piece of string on the floor and wonders where it goes, so he starts to wind it into a ball. The string changes colour, type and strength and along the way Wibbly begins to discover all the different things string can be used for. First of all there is a line of washing - all the clothes hanging on a string - then he helps a clown who needs a belt and even Tiny Pig who wants to put up a swing! But what’s at the end of the string?...

**Camp Out:** Max is excited when Ruby tells him they are going to sleep outside, until Ruby explains they are sleeping outside "inside" a tent. **Ruby's Clubhouse:** Ruby and Louise have made a clubhouse in the backyard, but it's private and Max isn't allowed in. **Max's Picnic:** Max joins Ruby and Louise on a backyard bird watching expedition. But Max is far more interested in Ruby's picnic basket than he is in finding the elusive Speckled Warbler....

Aunt Larlie loves the pictures that Wibbly paints - and she really wants a picture of him - but how can you draw a picture of yourself when you don’t have a mirror to look in? Wibbly tries to work it out and then notices the shopping basket sat near by. Isn’t that mango a bit like his body shape? And aren’t those carrots a little like his legs? Before long Wibbly has made a very edible picture that looks just like him!

Wibbly introduces us to his new orchestra... a chicken. It seems a bit small for an orchestra, and the chicken won’t sing! Suddenly we meet a bear making ‘boom boom’ sounds on his belly and some birds singing sweetly like clarinets. There’s even two elephants trumpeting away, as well as a honking goose - but still the chicken won’t sing... that is until she meets - another chicken! Wibbly’s orchestra is complete! But where did Wibbly find...