Lilly's Big Day and Other Stories: 9 Stories Book

A Weekend with Wendell: Can Sophie survive a weekend with the wild Wendell? Can she even learn to enjoy it?
Sheila Rae, the Brave: Sheila Rae is not afraid of anything. But when Sheila Rae becomes lost on the way home from school, it is her "scaredy-cat" sister Louise who must save the day.
Chester's Way: Chester and Wilson always do things together in their own special way, until Lilly arrives with new ideas about everything.
Julius, the Baby of the World: Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing in the world, until she hears what Cousin garland has to say about him.
Chrysanthemum: She was a perfect baby, and she had a perfect name - Chrysanthemum. When she was old enough to appreciate it, Chrysanthemum loved her name. and then she started school . . .
Owen: Mrs. Tweezers thinks Owen is too old for his blanket, Fuzzy. But when school starts, Owen's mother knows just what to do, and everyone - even Mrs. Tweezers - is happy.
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse: Lilly loves her teacher, Mr. Slinger, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing the class her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
Wemberly Worried: Wemberly worries about everything. Especially the first day of school . . . but then she gets there and things are not quite as she feared.
Lilly's Big Day: Lilly finds out that her favorite teacher, Mr. Slinger, is getting married. She's going to be the flower girl! Or is she?

Publishers Weekly

The exploits of Henkes's beloved, fiercely independent girl mouse Lilly and her friends, stars of numerous bestselling picture books, are collected on this chipper but rather spare production. Though supported by solid performances from the two seasoned actors at the helm, these mouse adventures fall a bit flat when heard without their visual picture-book counterparts. Henkes's original text and illustrations are such a seamless pairing and his artwork contains much emotion and humorous detail that something seems lost in this translation to stand-alone audio. Ebersole and Thomas give it their all, conveying the attitudes and feelings of the characters, but due to the lack of sparkle here, youngsters may want to stick with the print version. Ages 4-up. (Nov.)