David Biedrzycki

A child tells all the reasons a small, fire-breathing dragon would make an excellent pet, and the ways to take proper care of it.

A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.

After being mugged, Scratch Murphy the flea asks Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective, for help in finding the culprit who stole money from his Six Legs Amusement Park.

The player who could lead the Stinkbugs of Motham City to a rare winning season loses confidence when his special bat is stolen, and Ace Lacewing is hired to find it.

When puppy Chanko-chan is adopted by a sumo heya she is eager to learn how to be her best self among the wrestlers, but unfortunately she gets off to a slow start with SumoKitty.

Two bears awaken from hibernation and go to town-literally. During their visit, they eat at a diner, dress up at a department store, and stop a couple of bank robbers, all the while mistaking the townspeople's terror for friendliness.

Bears in space! The bears from Breaking News: Bear Alert and Bears to the Rescue are back, and this time they're extraterrestrial. When a UFO beams up Baby Bear and abducts the family, the human world goes crazy. Hilarity and chaos ensue as scouts, scientists, street vendors, and the mayor try to put their own spin on the story. Intrepid but bumbling reporter Chad Newsworthy covers it all, searching for the truth: Why did aliens snatch up these animals?...

Christmas is coming, and our young hero wants to buy his best friend, Dragon, the perfect present. He and Dragon take job after hilarious job, earning enough to buy a deluxe Knight Boy action set-but they eventually realize that the best part of Christmas is sharing what you have with those in need.  In the third book of David Biedrzycki's series about a boy and his pet dragon, we learn the true meaning of Christmas-and have a great time doing it....

A boy imagines himself alone on the ocean getting a first-hand look at the ocean's food chain.

Come take a swim with freshwater creatures from around the world! Meet a fish that has no eyes and one that has four of them. Get to know an eel that carries enough electricity to light up a light bulb and a glacier-dwelling worm with blood that works like antifreeze. Jerry Pallotta has done it again! The acclaimed alphabet-book author has joined forces with illustrator David Biedrzycki to create an exquisite and informative introduction to freshwater...