Books with author Barbara deRubertis | R W Alley

Yodel-odel-odel, yak yak yak! Yoko Yak can’t seem to stop chatting! And it makes her classmates wonder―what do you do with a yakety yak?

More than anything, Walter Warthog wants the wonderful white wagon in the hardware store window! But his wallet is empty. Will he find a way to earn money and make the wagon his very own?

Dilly loves to dance. She darts! She dips! She dives through the air! But sometimes her dizzy dancing ends in a dreadful THUD. How can Dilly find a way to keep dancing - without the disasters?

Kylie Kangaroo is ready to let her kicker fly at Koora's karate club. There's just one tricky trick―will Kylie ever learn to break a brick?

ZIP! ZAP! ZOOM! Zachary is usually a zippity zooming zebra! But today he snoozes through his alarm clock and has a blitz of bad luck at school. What’s making Zachary’s zippity zooming fizzle out?

Tessa Tiger likes to play sports―but NOT when she loses. She stomps and storms until her friends don’t want to play with her anymore. Can Tessa change her attitude and make T-ball fun again―for everyone?

Maxwell Moose loves camping out and making s’mores and telling spooky stories. But what if Maxwell’s imaginary Mountain Monster stories aren’t as imaginary as he thought?

Polly Porcupine has a painting problem. Her paintings are sloppy and drippy and different―and Papa Porcupine does NOT appreciate the mess. Can Polly solve her problem and paint a picture for the art show at the same time?

Gertie Gorilla is going to a birthday party―and she has a grand, great, glorious gift! But when the gift gets grubby in a soggy, boggy, gulch, what will Gertie do?

It’s the Rocky River Raft Race, and Rosie Raccoon is rarin’ to go! Will her Rock and Roll Raft and some clever thinking get her through the Roller Coaster Rapids . . . and all the way to the finish line?

Quentin Quokka has lots of questions! Quick questions, quiet questions―always more questions! On a string of field trips, Quentin discovers that sometimes it’s good to be quiet . . . and sometimes it’s good to ask questions!

Izzy is itching to see her grandpa, Doctor Impala, but he doesn't like to be interrupted. Is an imaginary illness the only way to see Doc?