Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Their only hope: find an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon.

What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

Sid the snake thinks he's sick and doesn't want to play with his friends.

Boa is hoping to enjoy his best birthday ever, but most of his friends' gifts are very disappointing.

"Sun and his white-tailed dog Shiro love spending their days outdoors, exploring nature together. Every year, they look forward to early fall, when shiny red apples start to grow in the orchard near their house. While on their latest adventure, they meet a curious little creature called Polka-Dot Snake--a slithering friend who happens to love apples even more than them"--Back cover.

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?

A young boy really wants a snake of his own, and after his mother reads a book about snakes and takes him to a museum and a pet store to see some, he finds his own pet "snakes" around the house.

Suzie the snake befriends a girl named Lily, as well as some other animals of the Chinese lunar calendar, and demonstrates the value of being resourceful. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Snake.

The extremely long, bright green snake a boy receives from his father as an early birthday present proves to be incredibly smart and talented.

Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics leads to the formation of an unusual basketball team.