Diane De Groat

Gilbert is nervous about portraying George Washington in front of the class, and he feels even worse when he cannot find his main prop.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattletale "buddy" on a class trip to Pilgrim Town.

When Gilbert and Lola's cousin Wally comes to visit for Easter, he learns a lesson about being greedy during the annual Easter egg hunt.

On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.

When Mama and the kids are busy with their lessons, Charlie decides to start a class of his own with Suzie, Kitty, and Walter.

"Charlie the basset hound participates in a variety of sports on the ranch"-- Provided by publisher.

When he and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings.

Rhyming text imitates Baby finding pots, pans, lids, and cans in the kitchen.

Delightedly waking up to a snow-covered world, Charlie the intrepid basset hound ventures outdoors and takes a break from patrol duty to share a sled ride with his buddy Walter, whose disappearance prompts a determined search-and-rescue mission.

Curtis gets a dog when his parents divorce, but his beloved new dog causes problems that he did not expect.