Best Selling Books by Lisa Campbell Ernst

For use in schools and libraries only. Joan makes a surprise for her little brother, Ben, but in the end, she is the one who is surprised.

Zinnia and Dot, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly about who lays better eggs, put aside their differences to protect a prime specimen from a marauding weasel.

The numbers from one to ten are introduced as a picnic is begun, enjoyed, and then rained out.

An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.

When he learns that Lucky is not his real name, but only a nickname given to him by his grandfather, a young boy''s outlook on his whole life changes.

One day the earth gets a warm wake-up call from the sun -- it''s Spring! Earth tells a little worm, and before long the happy gossip travels far and wide. . . . Lisa Campbell Ernst celebrates the awakening of life that comes with Spring. Her playful words and pictures resonate with the cheeriness that rises with the season.

Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

Instead of helping his aunt with her gardening as in previous summers, Hamilton seeks celebrity by having an art show, with unexpected results for both of them.

A father''s work is never....

A singing cow''s talent brings her stardom, but she soon longs to be back at the farm--if she can get away from her greedy manager.

CHILDREN''S BOOKS/AGES 4-8

Ginger the dog loves performing in the circus, but she is unable to summon the courage for a new trick until she finds the little girl companion about whom she has been dreaming.

She''s fast. She''s feisty. And she outsmarted that sly fox in her boisterous debut. Now the gingerbread girl is back with a new batch of friends - the animal crackers! They don''t want to listen to the Gingerbread Girl''s advice, even though she is one smart cookie. But they''d better watch it, or they''ll all become treats for that trickster fox. With fun twists on the classic refrain plus big, candy-colored illustrations, this is one sweet treat.

Darla doesn''t want a dirty dog around her Dairy Delight, but Duke patiently tries every tactic to convince her that her shop is his home.

When Sylvia Jean''s scout troop sets out to earn their Good-Deed badges, the boisterous girl pig knows just what to do: take care of her old, injured neighbor. Unfortunately, Sylvia Jean''s over-the-top energy proves too much for the ailing Mrs. VanHooven, whose doctor has prescribed peace, quiet, and no Sylvia Jean. Not to be deterred, the crafty pig scout heads straight to her handy dandy costume closet, and soon Mrs. VanHooven is visited by an artist, a cowboy, a ballerina, and others. But how will Sylvia Jean earn her badge if she can''t take credit for her good deed?

The disasters caused by Walter''s wagging tail make him and his owner unwelcome in town until Walter wags an heroic rescue.

When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women''s Quilting Club. "Don''t be silly," the club president says. "We can''t have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won''t take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply.

For use in schools and libraries only. Thirty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience.

Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling''s fate.