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Beware! Poisonous things are all around you. In the spirit of What Stinks?, Marilyn Singer brings kids the coolest, newest info on creatures that can harm or even kill with a bite or sting.

Mattie’s family doesn’t like the stray dogs on the farm, but she can’t help but fall in love with one. No matter what her family does to chase him away, Stray Dog keeps coming back. When Mattie goes missing on a snowy day, will Stray Dog be able to show the family that he isn’t just any stray dog, but a Brave Dog?

Yung Soo loves his best friend, Pig-Pig. They do everything together! When Pig-Pig goes missing, Yung Soo comes upon an army that plans to destroy his village. Despite sharing this warning with his village in time for everyone to escape, he must still make a hard sacrifice in order to save his home.

Sometimes ego can get you into trouble. In this folktale, King Tiger thought he was the greatest tiger in the world but was outsmarted by small creatures.

For generations, the LeChats had kept the mouse problem in the Old Lighthouse Theater under control. But Purrcey LeChat doesn't want to hunt mice—he wants to see his name up in lights!

From the instant his fingers touched her back the little cat knew. The boy was someone she would trust. Homeless and hungry, Magnificat is desperate for someone to take her in, so when she sees a kindness in local boy Ben, she is happy to give herself over to him. But a cat isn’t something Ben wants. He’s got enough problems with a prickly relationship with his mum and an absent father; besides, he’s a dog person. He wants an exuberant, loyal, doting companion, not a gentle, self-contained cat.

Lizard has a Scary Adventure at the Park when she doesn't listen to Jazlyn and wanders off. She makes new friends along the way helping her to find her way back.

Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born on a leap year and earned four degrees—two in art history, one in library science, and one in studio art. Before retiring in 2011, Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress. She has illustrated and contributed to anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group, and in 2010, she published a children's book with her husband's assistance entitled What the Wind Blew In. Besides drawing and painting, Marilyn writes poetry in her spare time.

Mr. Mole, Mr. Water Rat, and Mr. Badger are just a few of the animals that assume the roles of people in this charming, pleasant story for listeners of all ages.

A Christmas story about being kind and selfless, Chocolate for Marcus is a story meant to capture the true meaning of the holidays: Being loving and helpful to others. Marcus is our main character - a greedy and nosey mouse. His love of sweets and the pleasures of a chocolate store enrapture his imagination. And the mysterious owner, with a caring secret. Who brings joy every year, to the lives of others? This little mouse is learning a quaint lesson.

A tale of sadness and classist despair! If stranded on a log, with death facing us soon...how would we emotionally react? Would we put aside petty differences, or neurotically go down in a churlish way?! This short story themes itself on class differences, and what would really distract us from status-lust, presupposing anything ever could. Odious insects serve as metaphors for catty society and status-longing, and also status-regret. What do we do when confronted with someone of higher intelligence and higher status in society?