In their talk, he hears mention of a crocodile store that sells marvelous things and he decides to find it. Down the river, across the sea, overland he travels to the beautiful city of Paris where his friendly overtures terrify people into unconsciousness or drive them up trees in fright. Through the deserted streets he searches until at last he finds it —but what a disappointment. The things sold in the crocodile store are not for crocodiles at all; they’re all made from crocodile skin. How Omar takes sweet revenge becomes a clever and funny ending. Ecology was never more charming.

    Three-color illustrations.

    After the sun fails to shine for the third day, a group of chicks go in search of it with the help of their animal friends.

    A child's first visit to the dentist, reassuringly explained on "big, clean pages that have poster-simple line-and-watercolor depictions of all that fascinating machinery."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

    But one night she has an idea. "Why don’t you let me put YOU to sleep for a change?" she says. "Fine," says her father. "Marvelous," says her mother. But after her parents beg to stay up for just a few more minutes, argue about the book they will hear, and ask for just one more good-night kiss, Arathusela gets the feeling that this job might not be as easy as she thinks. Joan Levine’s witty, spot-on story and Tony Auth’s humorous illustrations make for an utterly spirited story sure to be a favorite at bedtime — and any time.