Books published by publisher Neal Enterprises, Inc

This series includes special adaptations of the Disney classics, brand-new stories, and early learning books on concepts that every child needs to know. Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, Peter Pan, and all the other Disney friends will be along to assist children in exploring the “Wonderful World of Reading.” By using simple vocabulary and exciting new illustrations that fully explain the text, these books encourage youngsters to read by themselves.

The ghosts of one Adirondack cemetery come alive again in autumn, as teenage Will Durant first collects ghost stories from several residents of Raquette Lake, and then tests out his machismo in the graveyard-and has a ghost exerience of his own! This brief ghost story chapter book is aimed at "middle readers" (third through fifth grade) and firmly rooted in a strong sense of place. Not only the plotline, but also the villages, sights, family names and even local recipes in the book are drawn from Adirondack lore. Extensively researched, the book includes a full bibliography of both books and online reference sources. It also includes three authentic Adirondack recipes: for maple sugar cookies, michigan sauce (the m is not capitalized, really) and candied apples, as well as bits of folklore ranging from a description of the sound of a loon to an actual pattern to make a paper helicopter seed.

Blossom is an adventurous and curious cow. She has a big imagination and good friends, including Ferdie the Bull and Steve the Rooster.She loves her life, even though the cow herd leader disapproves of almost everything Blossom does.Then her farm world changes and she is worried.Blossom worries about adjusting to new owners anda new family. Will they accept her the way she is? Or must she change to fit in? Along the way, she gains a new animal friend in Matilda, a sassy and independent cat.

Jake's Beagle Crazy Adventure's is an enlightening, heart warming story about an orphaned Beagle and his desire to find a family he can call his own. Jake encounters many perilous adventure's throughout the story and will have young readers cheering for him. Readers can't help but fall in love with the characters. The humorous adventures are endless.

Lucy is a hedgehog who loves her small family and her home on the beach. She has never thought she needed more or anything different. Suddenly everything is changing and she is worried. They are moving far away to a new place. Her family is growing with two people she has never met, and with another family pet: Sophia, a guinea pig. Will everything be okay? Will these new people like her? Will Sophia like her? She wants to be brave about the changes, but it is so hard.