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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.

"On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too." --

"Corduroy is a bear in the toy department of a store. He does not look new because one of the buttons on his overalls is missing, but he wants a home of his own." --

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.

Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

Follows a boy and his mouse through a busy day at school.

"A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends." --

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.