Showing results by author "Syd Hoff"

This is the story of a boy's friendship with a dinosaur and how they spend one happy day together.

Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museum and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." So begins Danny and the dinosaur's wonderful adventure together!

But a dinosaur is no ordinary playmate. Even the most everyday activities become extraordinary, like finding a big-enough place to hide a dinosaur in a game of hide-and-seek and keeping him from knocking over houses with his long tail.

A seal at school! What happens when Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day? He goes to the city and finds a school full of kids and new things to do - and he even learns to read!

After lumbermen cut down his forest, Grizzwold - a large bear of the far North - searches for a new home.

What would happen if a dinosaur came to a birthday party? Come to Danny's house and find out. His friend the dinosaur helps make this one party you'll never forget!

Betty is Danny's new neighbor, and Danny has a big, big surprise for her: He wants her to meet his best buddy - the dinosaur! Will Betty like the dinosaur as much as Danny does?

Danny's going to camp - and he's taking the dinosaur! First introduced in 1958 with Danny and the Dinosaur and the recent stars of Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur, this popular pair is together again in an adventure sure to please beginning listeners and happy campers alike.

Oliver has always wanted to be a dancing elephant, but what will he do when he discovers the circus already has enough elephants? Beginning readers will laugh out loud as they follow Oliver's adventures and find out how this elephant of unique charm and talent finally achieves his dream.

Chester, a wild horse who wants to be tame, goes to the city looking for a home.

He likes his new room and his new street. The policeman and the mailman are very nice. But what Freddy really needs are friends - and he looks everywhere until he finds them!

A story about a boy's friendship with a dinosaur and how they spend one happy day together.

Because Stanley does not act like his fellow cavemen, they chase him away. But then Stanley invents the house and becomes a hero in this thought-provoking, funny story about an early nonconformist.

Among Mrs. Brice's 25 mice, all but one do everything together. And this mouse's difference comes in handy when the mice meet a cat. While 12 run this way and 12 run that, this mouse runs this way and that, wearing out the cat and saving them all.

A patriotic feline, Captain Cat springs out of bed whenever the bugle sounds, and he has more stripes than any of the soldiers. But most of all, this young recruit and his best friend, Pete, know what it really takes to make the army a home: friendship.

Barney is a street peddler who sells fruits and vegetables while dispensing kindness and horseback rides to the children on his route.