Nellie Sue Happy Camper

Like all adventurous cowgirls, Nellie Sue loves to go camping--and it's time to try her skills in the wild outdoors. But, when night falls and the woods come alive with creaking noises, these happy campers aren't so happy anymore! Nellie Sue must use her biggest cowgirl courage to make it through the night with a smile on her face. With playful, simple text and a super sweet ending, this Level 2 reader is a perfect choice for children beginning to read.

Like all cowgirls, Nellie Sue loves to go camping so after she and her friend Anna practice indoors, Daddy helps them pitch their tent in the wilderness of the back yard.

Susie K likes science instead of netball and has the class goldfish for a best friend. But Susie's mum finds it hard to believe that she's happy that way. She's constantly trying to push Susie (with the best of intentions, of course!) to be something she's not. And the last thing Susie wants is to disappoint her mum... Susie's mum is overjoyed about the upcoming camping trip... only Susie doesn't know the first thing about outdoor survival. So even though Susie would much rather be at home ordering pizza, she uses all her problem-solving skills to become a happy camper! In this fresh new series find out how Susie's unconventional problem-solving skills + Mum's optimistically high expectations = hilarious results.

Jeanie and Willow pinkie-promise not to make or grant any wishes when they go camping together, but when Willow meets Jeanie's camping friends, the genie-in-training wishes the bossy twins would just go away.

Go for a spin up a hill—when the story of a bike ride becomes an inspirational journey. Albert Einstein once said, "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Ride along up and down the hills and valleys of this bike ride. Featuring lyrical text and vivid artwork, Spin shows that any mountain can be climbed. By pushing forward and pedaling around and around, anyone can spin onwards.

In Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse, Nellie Sue does everything with a western flair. Whether it is cleaning up the animal sty (picking up her stuffed animals) or rounding up cattle (getting the neighborhood kids together for her birthday party), she does it like a true cowgirl. All she really needs is a horse. So when Dad announces at her birthday party, “I got a horse right here for you,” Nellie Sue is excited. But when her horse turns out to be her first bicycle, it will take an imagination as big as Texas to help save the day. Activities for Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse by Rebecca Janni

"Mo Jackson is excited for his baseball game, but Coach Marie tells him he is batting last and playing right field, again. Will Mo ever get a hit?"--

A hilarious memoir of her experiences at a run-down, unsupervised summer camp in 1974 describes a young girl's adventures in the backwoods of Maine during eight unforgettable and life-changing weeks with an eccentric group of friends as she searches for the perfect boyfriend and dreams of her first kiss. Reprint.