When 13-year-old Cody rescues a little pig, Rusti, whose mother can't care for her, he finds a friend for life. As Rusti grows, so does her curiosity.

Every day brings a new adventure and sometimes a little—or a lot of—danger.

Rusti and Cody's experiences will have you laughing out loud one minute and on the edge of your seat the next.

Life isn't always easy or fair. Sometimes bad things happen to good people—like when your best friend moves away.

But thankfully, awesome things can happen too. One thing is certain: Life on the farm is never boring!

Join Cody on a new adventure as he raises a young pig with big hopes for a top prize at the state championship. He makes new friends, deals with loss, and grows up a bit along the way.

A new town, a new school, no friends . . . and now Kip has to deal with a bully. It’s going to take more than luck to make it through sixth grade; it’s going to take some serendipity.

When Kip’s dad loses his job, her family packs up and moves to Jackson. She misses her friends, her old school, and having her own room! Then, just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, a boy at school decides to try to make her life miserable.

Kip’s Serendipity Journal is the one place where she can share how she really feels. And it’s where she discovers that sometimes serendipity is even better than luck.

This is YOUR book.

It's a place for you to write, think, draw, dream, and wonder.

Most of all, it’s a place for you to discover the moments of serendipity in your life . . . because they are there!

But the thing about serendipity is that you don’t actually find it by accident. You have to watch for it. Pay attention to it. Seize it!

Your Serendipity Journal is the perfect place to capture the best (and the worst and the silliest and the most embarrassing) moments and find the serendipity in them.

Fourteen-year-old Rupert Samuelson, aka “Fat Boy,” just wants to fit in—or at least not stand out. But when you’re a 6-foot-tall, 280-pound middle schooler, people tend to notice you for all the wrong reasons.

A bully at school twists a simple act of kindness into a video that goes viral and turns Rupe into the butt of an ugly joke, and there’s nowhere to hide.

When Rupe’s best friend, a tiny but spunky girl named Sam, stands up for him, neither could have guessed that things were only about to get crazier.

But once a “Fat Boy” always a “Fat Boy” because everyone knows the internet lives forever.

Left. Right. Write? Wrong! Sometimes words are so confusing; it's bemusing!

The Right Left Hand gives you a leg up on idioms and homonyms and other crazy words that mean more than one thing and sometimes two things at the same time!

What are you waiting for? Get on the stick and start reading The Right Left Hand!

Little Snake and Little Mouse share another adventure in Little Easter Snake. In their first encounter, a very curious Little Snake gets trapped, and Little Mouse comes to the rescue. This time, Little Snake returns the favor.

Join Little Snake as he explores the colors and delights of Easter. Use your imagination to tell the story!

It’s fall, and Little Snake and Little Mouse are looking forward to costumes and treats, but Little Snake gets stuck!

In the Little Snake series, children are invited to use their imagination to tell the story of Little Snake and Little Mouse’s adventures. A wordless picture book for young storytellers.

Author Mary Mize, with the help of illustrator Darcy Peters, weaves a tale in Little Christmas Snake meant to spur young readers to add elements from their own imaginations. Growing in popularity, wordless picture books help young children develop storytelling skills unhindered by limited writing and reading skills.

When five-year-old Kelly overhears Mom and Dad discussing names for her new baby brother, she offers a solution. It is easy to spell, easy to say, and fits him perfectly. So why doesn't anyone call him by that name? Frustrated, she tries to convince everyone she meets that...His Name Is Ben!

Great reading for any child, and especially for one with a new baby brother or sister.

You're never too young or too old to love tractors.

Jack spends summer days sitting on the coal box of Pa's Advance-Rumely Universal steam engine wishing he was big enough to help thresh wheat. Soon, pictures in Pa's tractor book have Jack dreaming of a 16-30 Rumely OilPull belted up to an Ideal separator on Pa's back 40!

Jack comes up with a secret plan to check out a Rumely OilPull in real life. With a little mischief and the help of an unexpected friend, Jack learns a lot about his favorite tractor and becomes a little Rumely man.

Zany Zia’s shop is filled with hats of all sorts. But these aren’t hats to wear; they are hats to where. Try on a knight’s helmet and discover what it’s like to live in the world of knights, castles, and fire-breathing dragons.

See what you look like wearing a Native American headpiece and learn if you have what it takes to survive life in the Wild West. Or try on a simple flat cap and find yourself aboard the Titanic on the very night it sinks.

Welcome to Zany Zia’s Hats to Where! Come in and live your adventure. Middle-grade readers who enjoy time travel, historical fiction, action-packed, fast-paced adventure, and a touch of magic will love the Zany Zia's Hats to Where series. Activities and resources for home-school parents and teachers are available at ZanyZia.com.