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A humorous story about imaginative excuses for being late to school.

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox is late for lunch, so he hops on his skateboard. Go, Fox, go! What is this winning trickster character doing, zooming over and under and around on his skateboard? His animal friends follow him home to find out--and get a big surprise! Fox Is Late is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for shared reading with a child. Other Fox books include: Fox the Tiger, Fox and the Jumping Contest, and Fox and the...

"Oh, Shawn. You are always late. But do you ever really get in trouble? Your grades are great. You're smart. Everyone likes you. Well, except Amanda. But someday you are going to learn your lesson, and that day is coming sooner than you think"--Back cover.

Four little puppies repeatedly miss out on dessert because they dig a hole under the fence each day. And each day the poky little puppy returns after mother is asleep and eats the dessert anyway. Until one day, things change.

Marty tries his best to be on time, but a new invention, a giant squid, or something else slows him down every day to the delight of Never Late Kate, but one day Marty needs Kate's help and their unlikely new friendship changes both of their nicknames.

A boy who has never been late to school runs into some very strange obstacles as he hurries on his way, only to discover when he arrives that he is a day early.

All day long, one puppy lags behind the other.

"Kate isn't late for preschool because she has her daddy stop along the way so she can say hello to neighbors or look at all the vehicles at a construction site--she's late because once they get there, her daddy gives her a great big hug"--

Pepita thinks it doesn't matter that she is always late, until she finally realizes how her tardiness affects other people and herself.

A collection of classic Golden Books includes nine stories, including "The Poky Little Puppy," in which one night, a puppy who is always late coming home, finds there is no dessert for him.