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Author	Jane Hissey
ISBN	0099265435

Little Bear’s Trousers by Jane Hissey
One morning, Little Bear wakes to find his trousers missing, so he goes from one stuffed-animal friend to another in search of them. Each time, he's one step behind, finding that his trousers has been used and passed along to different toys. Sailor tried them...

Author	Martin Waddell
ISBN	1564024474

A warm story about calming a child's fears. Big Bear and Little Bear go for a walk in the snowy woods. On the way home, Little Bear keeps hearing noises and seems frightened. Big Bear calmly explains what each sound is. The plodding is Big Bear's feet in the snow. The dripping is the ice melting into the stream....

Author	Martin Baynton
ISBN	0763635707

A feisty heroine who’d rather joust than sew seeks out her own adventures in these magical fairy tales for today’s young readers.

Jane longs to be a knight, but everyone laughs at her. Everyone, that is, except the court jester, who lends her a small suit of armor to help make her dream come...

Author	Gene Zion
ISBN	0064430103

A classic picture book featuring the beloved Harry the Dirty Dog!

When Harry goes on a visit to the beach, he is mistaken for a sea creature when a big wave covers him with seaweed. Harry also has to hunt for his family beneath all the similar beach umbrellas. Children will relate to Harry's funny...

Author	Margaret Mahy
ISBN	0140557458

Back in the nineties I was privileged to hear Margaret Mahy read this. I bought a copy & I bought for the Play Centre I was involved with. Well, of course when I got to the front of the signing table I did my usual Can't Speak When It's Someone Famous thing & I only presented the book for Play Centre...

Author	Cicely Mary Barker
ISBN	0723248338

For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original Flower Fairies Books[trademark] are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers' connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages and endpapers, reset text...

Author	Shirley Mozelle
ISBN	0064441865

When Bridget the alligator arrives in the mail, she's only the size of a key chain. But after Zack soaks her in water, she grows into a real live alligator!

Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars. And what other alligator can do cartwheels?

Bridget the alligator...

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0399240055

This six-year-old has an uncle like no other! His uncle wears long white dresses and never smokes cigars. Gilbert's uncle is none other than Emily Dickinson . . . Uncle Emily he calls her. And how he loves her. He knows that she writes poems about everything, even dead bees. But it's a poem about truth that,...

Author	Jez Alborough
ISBN	0763633283

"A must-have title for any children who have ever felt less than enchanted with their diminutive status." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

When you’re a tiny chimp like Bobo, it seems that everyone else is bigger than you. Luckily, Bobo’s pals let him climb on their shoulders to give him a taste...

Author

Katrina Germein

Holy cow. Katrina Germein must be my cousin, because this book is so the men in my family. All of them, from my Granddaddy and all my uncles to my own husband. Any member of my family could have written this.

Our young narrator is blessed/cursed with a dad who is quick with a snappy retort. You know...

Author	David Melling
ISBN	1589251067

Adorable pictures. The sheep who don't always look like sheep are the best! A cute story about Douglas and his hat. A bit of the wording was off for me. And I didn't like all of the screaming capitals that Douglas had. It made him seem even more angry than frustrated and worried. I was expecting Mom Bear to...

Author	Julia Donaldson
ISBN	0545726069

"Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay
Were scarecrows. (They scared lots of crows every day.)
Harry loved Betty, and Betty loved Harry,
So Harry said, 'Betty, my beauty, let's marry!
Let's have a wedding, the best wedding yet,
A wedding that no one will ever forget.'"

And so...

Author	Max Velthuijs
ISBN	0805076549

"Hello Frog," said Piglet. "You don't look very well. What's the matter with you?"
"I don't know," said Frog. "I feel like laughing and crying at the same time. And there's something going thump-thump inside me, here."

It's not easy to be in love-but it's easy to be
in love with Frog!

Frog...

Author	Aaron Blabey
ISBN	1743625782

Brian the piranha exasperates his fellow fish to no end in this amusing picture-book from Australian author/artist Aaron Blabey. While they are meat-eaters, Brian loves fruit, and continually offers it to his peers, who become more and more irate. Will our piscine hero ever convince them to give his...

Author	Kevin Henkes
ISBN	0060294515

Genre: Baby board book
Awards: None
Audience: Ages 2-4
A. This is a board book because the pages are boards. They are thick and sturdy and are great for young children who are learning to read and turn pages.
B. One of the strongest visual elements in this board book is texture. The illustrations...

Author	Sandra Boynton
ISBN	0761180605

Sandra Keith Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters...

Author	Janet Ahlberg
ISBN	0141300272

As soon as I read the word 'brigands' in the first sentence, I knew I was going to love this book. Who else writes about brigands and uses the phrase 'right-o' and manages to convey so much humour but the wonderful Ahlbergs? I was laughing out loud as I read this. I love its pace, the ridiculous Chief, the clever...

Author	Mike Malbrough
ISBN	1524737380

Marigold the cat loves Mondays, for that is when he bakes cakes! With his favorite recipe in front of him, he rolls up his sleeves and gets down to it. He whips up egg whites . . . Easy. He adds a cup of milk . . . Peasy. The he sprinkles in just a pinch of . . . of finch?! That's not right at all! Neither are the smidgeons...

Author	Pat Hutchins
ISBN	0688131026

Pat Hutchins creates an adorable tale of a young boy who is given a short grocery list to remember: six farm eggs, a cake for tea, a pound of pears and bacon. He and his furry companion make the trek to the market, along the way trying to remember the items on the list. He runs into trouble when he mixes up the...