Beatrix the butter maid and her best friend, Gerda the cow, live in a cozy cottage in a happy valley.Life is peaceful ...until the day two rude giants move into a nearby castle.When Gerda is snatched up by the giants, Beatrix must rescue her.This is a warm and humorous tale of friendship and cleverness that children will want to share with their best friends--or rudest neighbors.

When two nasty giants kidnap Gerda the cow, Beatrix the butter maid devises an ingenious plan to outwit the giants and teach the rude barbarians a lesson in manners.

Provides language arts, social studies, writing, math, science, health, music, drama, physical fitness, and art activities for use in kindergarten through sixth grade classes which celebrate the month of April. Includes lists of books and bulletin board ideas.

The best and funniest work yet (Chicago Tribune) from the bestselling author of Semi Tough. Broadcaster Billy Clyde Puckett is bored and hanging out at a bar with two adorable gals. Running back Tommy Earl, Billy Clyde, and a whole gang of semi-famous football legends are reuniting with a plan: to take the most outrageous, misfittingest, foul-plagued new expansion team in the NFL straight to the Super Bowl.