Matthew Forsythe

When Pokko plays her drum in the forest she suddenly finds herself surrounded by an entire band of animal musicians.

"New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket sheds light on the way bad moods come and go. Once there was a bad mood and a stick. The stick appeared when a tree dropped it. Where did the bad mood come from? Who picked up the stick? And where is the bad mood off to now? You never know what is going to happen." --

Elizabeth is tired of everyone shortening her first name and calling her Lizzie, Liz, or Beth, but suffers in silence, until one autumn day when her impatience gets the best of her and she learns an important lesson about tact and grace.

Monkeys, toucans, and alligators unleash mayhem.

"The monkeys, apes, and other animals appearing in a book, excited to be "saved" when someone opens the book to begin reading it, they soon beg the reader not to close them in again." --