The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome, but the little cricket cannot make a sound and it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"

Mo is new to ice hockey and is having trouble staying upright on the ice, but his desire to help the team motivates him to keep getting better.

"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--

When a young girl starts dance class with another girl who has the same name, she is upset that the other girl copies everything she does.

"When Lisa goes on a hiking trip, Corduroy sneaks into her backpack. Lisa is surprised to find him there, but she thinks he'll be safe as long as he stays tucked inside. Corduroy just has to take a peek outside, though, and he falls out! Will Lisa find him again?" -- Page [4] of cover.

After going to two friends' birthday parties, Max wants a party, too, so Grandma suggests a half birthday party, with all the half-trimmings.

Fox falls in love with several girls and then enters a dance contest with his sister.

Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake.

Corduroy shows Lisa that writing letters to express your opinion can make a difference.