Emily Jenkins

Depicts families, from England to California and from 1710 to 2010, preparing and enjoying the dessert called blackberry fool. Includes a recipe and historical notes.

"A little boy tells his two dogs about all the things that scare him"--

Emily Jenkins pens tales that spark the imagination of young readers. In this sequel to the wildly popular Toys Go Out, Lumphy, Stingray, and Plastic return for a whole new set of adventures. Their little girl is leaving for winter vacation, but she's forgotten to take them! In these rousing stories, the lovable toys spend their time alone surviving the perils of a blizzard, rescuing the toy mice from the vacuum, and, of course, having a rockin' dance...

When a little girl gets a plush stingray for her birthday, it makes friends with some of her other toys as they all try to navigate in the world of real people.

What do you do when you try to turn into a dragon or a kitten, but you accidentally turn into a dritten instead? Or you try to conjurefire but can only make flurries? Or maybe you get to fly, but you can't come back down? For Nory and her friends in DunwiddleMagic School's Upside-Down Magic class, magic is amazing, unpredictable, and out of control!

This collection includes the first six hilarious, upside-down magical adventures!

Upside-Down

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A tongue twister featuring a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog who work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another.

Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.

In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks her help with an important task.

Best friends Tiger and Badger work through their disagreements over a toy, a chair, and sharing.

Triplet sisters Rose, Violet, and Daffodil, grow tired of wearing the colorful party dresses that match their names.