Simple, rhyming text follows a rambunctious dog throughout a day of fun.

"Stella," whispered Sam, "are you sleeping?" "Yes," answered Stella. "Aren't you?" Sam can't sleep without his beloved dog, Fred. But where could he be? Sam knows that Fred is afraid of the dark, of the monster that lives in the closet and of the giant toad that lurks downstairs. Luckily, Stella is there to reassure Sam as they search everywhere.

Very strange noises that keep awakening the Wimbledon family one night have an even stranger source.

From Sue Pethick, acclaimed author of Pet Friendly and Boomer's Bucket List, comes a heartwarming story sure to take the chill out of the holiday season… Renee Richardson's list of Christmas wishes includes: a few more clients at her hair salon, a few less unsuitable dates set up by her father, and some new friends for her troubled young son, Kieran. Little does she know that Kieran has already made a pal in their new town . . . a scrappy little...

Mom Peterson has trouble finding a family good enough to adopt the adorable Labradoodle, Gus.

When Holly's bull mastiff, Buddy, is afraid, embarrassed, or worried, he feels better when he remembers God is watching over him.

Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe. Stephanie is also looking for another troubled man, Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same...

Houndsley likes canoeing and his friend Catina likes bicycling, but each has to help the other learn to enjoy these activities in order to do them together.