Now, for the first time, it is available in a larger format, full-color edition—perfect for family sharing. Readers of all ages will love to watch Grandpa Bob teach Bobby to walk, and how Bobby returns the favor when Bob has a stroke, all in beautifully rich full color.

    A pair of pet cats, a blue fairy godmother, and an endearing, if somewhat overweight, Prince Charming are just a few of the delightful details that dance across these pages—right into readers’ hearts—in this thoroughly charming, sometimes surprising, and always original version of the classic fairy tale.

    A series of holes peeping through to the next page leads the young child on to the next stage of the day, giving a hint of what is to come.

    "Brett has created magnificent paintings that glorify her simple but engaging story." -- Publishers Weekly

    A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.”

    Pig stocks up on ketchup, their favorite food, until they realize it's all they will be eating.

    His feelings are recorded in this, his own highly illustraed scrapbook.

    A troupe of actors roams the land giving performances and meeting an odd assortment of characters including an endearing fairy godmother.

    She gets out of bed and matter-of-factly starts her day. This award-winning wordless picture book follows the girl as she goes about her morning routine and watches as her parents do the same. She eats cereal, climbs in bed with her parents who read the paper and drink coffee, brushes her teeth, gets dressed, and goes out the door ready for school. Preschool-age children will enjoy providing their own commentary and comparing their personal routine to hers.

    Captain Kidd wasn't the famous pirate; he was a cat. One morning after a storm, Miss Moody found him washed up on the beach. He was nearly drowned. She nursed him until he was well, and he repaid her kindness by keeping her cottage free of mice.

    Brookie wants to teach her lamb to sing, but all he sings is Baa, baa, baa; she tries to teach him to read, but all he can read is Baa, baa, baa. A bit discouraged, but undeterred, Brookie takes her lamb for a head-clearing walk. She gazes at the lamb grazing, and a smile returns to her face. Back at home, she reconsiders her lesson plan and arrives at a creative solution, a happy ending for both lamb and girl.An ideal read-aloud for young children, Brookie and Her Lamb is a tender tale of mutual love and appreciation and a lasting achievement in storytelling and illustration.M. B. Goffstein was a master of the art of children’s books. With the fewest possible words in the best possible order accompanied by precise line drawings, Goffstein created picture books of elemental simplicity, subtle humor, and undeniable charm.

    A request for a bedtime glass of water results in a fantastic horsey ride with a surprise ending.

    Crocus the crocodile discovers his special talents when the Sweetpeas build a pond on their property.

    A life story of the patriotic and eloquent attorney who was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry.

    A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

    

    Anna's family plans to destroy a big, furry beast that comes out of the forest, but Anna is not convinced it's dangerous.

    Kermit goes back in time to ancient Egypt where the Queen Pig of the Nile falls madly in love with the frog from the future.

    

    How could his parents give him these kinds of gifts for his birthday?

    

    Full-color illustrations.

    A young child learns that nobody's perfect, yet people can be wonderful just the same.

    As usual, she has trouble keeping her mind on her job: she joins a group of trick-or-treaters, fills her cobweb bag so full of candy she can't get off the ground, and loses her cat. But coincidentally she finds a barn just full of cobwebs (for which she trades her candy) and so returns on time with a fine harvest."

    When the ice cream for Rosie's island shop runs out one hot summer, she comes up with a clever way to transport a shipment from the mainland.

    Includes a short explanation of how etchings, like those in this book, are made.

    A whimsical children's "what if" book.

    Includes Blackboard Bear; And My Mean Old Mother Will Be Sorry, Blackboard Bear; I Sure Am Glad to See You, Blackboard Bear; and We're in Big Trouble, Blackboard Bear. Three-color illustrations.

    Adaptation of a Russian folktale about three brothers who make their fortunes, one with a scythe, one with a rooster, and one with a cat.