The toys' new home is full of creaks, squeaks, and shadows. With the help of their new friends, Buzz and Woody are brave enough to explore.

Forky, a toy created by Bonnie, gets new friends at Bonnie's school when the teacher announces that all the kids will be making craft buddies.

Lulu is excited to play with the toy that her best friend Finny brings over, but when the toy loses a wheel and fixing it becomes a game in itself, Lulu realizes that it's even better to play with Finny.

"Percy, newly arrived in a classroom full of unfamiliar children, finds companionship in a plush cat, which he names Mrs. Petticomb. A perfect friend, Mrs. Petticomb plays with Percy until she is taken by other children for a tea party. Imagining that he is acting on his plush friend's suggestion, Percy joins the tea party, overcoming his shyness and making new friends in the process."--

After rescuing her Christmas nutcracker from an army of angry toys, Clara is rewarded by the nutcracker, now a prince, with a fantastic nighttime journey to a realm of dancing fairies, beautiful palaces, and wonderful things to eat.

Batman may be a crime-fighting vigilante and a heavy-metal rapping machine, but at the end of long night's crime fighting, he comes home to an empty Batcave. He's lonely. Will Batman let orphan Dick Grayson and police commissioner Barbara Gordon join his team? Or is Batman destined to spend the rest of his life alone?

"What should a puppet master do when he's old and alone and all his puppets are gone? Silvester decides to make one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he starts to walk . . . While Silvester shows Puppet the town, the playground, and other wonders the world holds, Puppet in turn helps Silvester to make a new friend and share his puppet-making skills with the next generation"--Provided...

Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks -- big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls -- pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn't want to play dolls, and Alex doesn't want to play trucks. Readers will smile at the quintessential playground squabble on display in this amusing, relatable tale from Ann Stott and Bob Graham. Luckily for Jack and Alex, the day is saved with...

"Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens -- DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life ... even toys. And Jack's newest toy -- the Christmas Pig (DP's replacement) -- has a daring plan: Together they'll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best...

When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.