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What child doesn''t dream about getting a pet?THE ONE-STOP ADOPT SHOP is a made-to-order trip for the dreamer and maybe this will lead to visiting an animal shelter, a pet store or both, thus leading to an adoption or purchase.Having a pet, whether it''s a dog, cat, pig, bird, fish, reptile, rodent, spider, or amphibian, teaches children responsibility, eliminates the fear of certain creatures and above all, creates love and compassion on the child''s part. Have fun on this trip!

Moonbeam, a unicorn, comes from The Land of the Rainbows. Moonbeam and her rainbow friends visit a little boy in his backyard. He asks her about her long horn and her answer and the concept is: “It’s the way I was born.”

We've all heard about different kinds of animals and various creatures escaping from zoos where gates, for reasons unknown, have been left open. In this little fantasy, Miranda is bored with her daily life of sleeping, playing and eating bamboo. When she sees that the zoo's gate has been left open, she decides to take a trip into town! Share in Miranda's fun and see what she has learned by the time she returns to the zoo!People look elsewhere when everything they need is in front of them.Sometimes the best of all worlds is when everything stays the same.

This story is about learning to accept and appreciate yourself for who you are, and it is here that you will meet Zoey, a young zebra, who wants to “change the stripes” on her face. She believes that she can move them around or erase them and when this doesn’t work, after searching for stripes in the zoo and not finding them, decides to go out into the world to find more stripes to add to her already striped face! Her mother, Mrs. Libra, isn’t quite sure that this is possible, but not wanting Zoey to go out on  her own accompanies her on this journey.This story is meant for everyone, children and adults alike!

This book is about nothing/spatial, and nothing is in everything. It is the precursor to learning math. Have fun looking for "holes," here, there and everywhere.This book has resonated globally with infants, math instructors, art instructors, spatially challenged individuals, adult collectors of children's books and developmentally disabled children and adults.