Doug Cushman

Investigative reporter Dirk Bones sets out to discover who is stealing books in the town of Ghostly.

On Christmas Eve, animals at the North Pole, gingerbread men, robots, and more say good night to their mommas, papas, and buddies.

Rex the warthog and Oslo the oxpecker bird are friends who do everything together. One day, they find an egg. Could it belong to a fish, a turtle, or even a dinosaur? Rex and Oslo find out together!

From the master of beginning reader mysteries, Doug Cushman, here is an exciting, spooky, and fun detective adventure.

When a young pig watches monster movies before bed, he's in for some tail-curling nightmares. From the Phantom Hog of the Opera to the Porker from the Black Lagoon, seventeen poems put a pigmarish spin on creepy classics. Illustrations evoke retro movie posters with hog-wild humor.

Private bug on the case Inspector Hopper is a detective with a feel -- and feelers -- for mysteries. With the help of his partner, McBugg, this tiny supersleuth can crack any case!

Evy is so focused on watching her garden grow that she misses all the silliness going on around her - pigs DANCING, donkeys FLYING, and sheep HAVING A PICNIC. But after Evy's spent all year taking care of her garden, everyone's invited to pumpkin time!

A group of mice have some problems when they put on a play to commemorate the first Thanksgiving, but everything works out all right in the end.

A group of costumed mice are frolicking in the pumpkin patch when they hear the swish, swish of a creeping cat. Off they run, but they don't just turn tail. Using a light and a mask, they throw a shadow that frightens away the cat for good. Simple sentences and lots of onomatopoeia make the text as appealing as the energetic watercolor-and-pen artwork. A fun read for Halloween story hours

"The Holiday Mice are going on an egg hunt. Oh no! The littlest mouse is not finding any eggs ... until he stumbles and tumbles upon a very special egg. Will it turn out to [be] the best one of all?" --P.4 of cover.