Michael Emberley

A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement.

"Ever wonder how your text message gets from your phone to your friend's phone? You type it, hit send, and boom -- the text appears on your friend's phone just moments later. But how?! From your brain to your fingers to your phone, once you hit send, off your message goes on a journey that seems impossibly far: traveling through the air, underground, under oceans, and even through mountains, in seconds. Turns out texts are big on adventure, and this...

Introduces human sexuality, describes the changes brought about by puberty, and discusses sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and pregnancy.

Uses bird and bee cartoon characters to present straightforward explanations of topics related to sexual development, love, reproduction, adoption, sexually transmitted diseases, and more.

When Adelaide annoys Bailey, their entire preschool class gets upset, one child after another, until Zelda zaps Adelaide and a round of apologies begins.

Each short, rhymed story invites two readers to read their own parts, and then read the passage in the central column together.

A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process.

At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.