Calling All Kids #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAn anthology issue featuring "The Picnic Box," a poem by Aileen Fisher about a family dog's behavior during car trips and picnics, and a comic story about children whose dog escapes during a balloon ascent. The children seek help from a police officer to recover their lost dog, and the officer assists them in retrieving the animal, demonstrating that policemen are good friends to children and dogs alike.
Pug and Curly are on a mission to gather winter nuts, but when one falls into a pond, their shortcut to retrieve it—draining Joe Beaver's dam—backfires spectacularly, sending them on a wild ride through rushing water and nearly over a waterfall. After a harrowing escape, the two friends must make amends by helping Joe rebuild his dam before they can finally claim their prize.
Pinky the tugboat feels underappreciated after helping an arrogant ocean liner, but when a storm strikes and that very liner's engine fails, Pinky discovers what it truly means to be needed—and valued. When a proud vessel learns humility through the loyalty of the smallest boat in the harbor, sometimes the real victory isn't just the rescue.
When Jim and Judy take their dog Coco for an afternoon in the park, the pup has other plans—he chases after a balloon vendor and ends up floating away in a basket of balloons! With quick thinking, the kids find a friendly officer who helps bring Coco safely back down, showing that sometimes the best rescue requires asking for help.
When a toy duck named Waddles decides to sneak away from his master's shelf to play with real ducks in the pond, he discovers that life in the water isn't quite as simple as he imagined. After a mishap leaves him in over his head, Waddles learns a lesson about knowing his place—and discovers that home might be exactly where he belongs.
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