All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from herenergetic children, so she heads to the bathtub for somewell-deserved quiet time. But the kids want Mom to join in theirfun, so they follow her wherever she goes With a relatable dilemma and hilarious art, Five Minutes' Peaceis a favorite among moms, and this new format will make it theperfect baby gift.
Feast your eyes on the latest split-page board books from EricCarle. In the sumptuous My Very First Book of Food, children canmatch each animal with the food it eats. Do you know what asquirrel eats? How about a seal? In My Very First Book of Motion,children can match each animal with the way it moves. Which animalhops? Which one waddles? Only you can match them. These fun booksare full of bright animals, and are lots of fun for youngchildren.
"I’m grim and grumpy,” says Small to Large, and I don’t think you love me at all.” But nothing could be further from the truth--and Large knows just how to reassure Small in this warm and tender story about a child’s biggest worry and the unconditional love a parent can give. Children everywhere will find comfort in this irresistible tale, now availble in a unique, mailable format.
Tomie dePaola serves as "biographer" to his delightful Italiansorceress, Strega Nona, in this beautifully drawn prequel. The talebegins with little Nona's birth on a dark and stormy night, andends where the original Strega Nona picks up-with StregaNona taking on the bumbling, knock-kneed Big Anthony as anapprentice. This winsome story is illustrated throughout with TomiedePaola's warm and sunny watercolors! "dePaola does a splendid job of working this sparkling tale intothe Strega Nona canon." - Publishers Weekly
Following the re-release of the first three books in this beloved series, here are the final three classic wordless tales in attractive, low-priced hardcover editions.燗 Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, the first book in this series, launched Mercer Mayer's distinguished career over twenty-five years ago, and also helped to create the wordless picture book genre. Full of warmhearted mischief and play, the books express the humorous trials and tribulations of friendship and the joy of summertime discovery. Readers will want to collect the entire set.
While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
世界上到底有没有圣诞老人?我相信有。许多年前的一个平安夜, 极地特快 停在了我家的门口,把我带上了去往北极的旅途。在那儿,我见到了圣诞老人,还收到了他送出的头一份圣诞礼物 雪橇上的银铃 《极地特快》是日本著名作家村上春树推崇的绘本大师 克里斯 范 奥尔斯伯格的经典代表作,曾荣获凯迪克金奖,并荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。《极地特快》是美国很受欢迎的圣诞礼物书,销量超过700万册,还曾被改编为同名电影,受到广大儿童的喜爱。在本书中,作者用充满温情的语调叙述了一个关于 相信 的故事:相信美好,相信奇迹 相信会产生力量,让孩子的心灵饱满充实。全书采用笔触细腻的粉彩画,营造出朦胧、神秘的梦幻感。细细阅读,无论是大人还是孩子,都会沉醉于那一份纯真美好的童心。现在,就让我们一起踏上极地特快,去追寻
"Once upon a time there was dark, dark moor. On the moor therewas a dark, dark wood. In the wood there was a dark, dark house".Young listeners will be kept on the edge of their seats as thejourney continues up dark stairways through hidden passages, aroundsharp corners and behind windblown curtains. "A splendid choice forgroup story time".--School Library Journal. American BooksellerPick-of-the Lists. Full-color illustrations.
Following the re-release of the first three books in this beloved series, here are the final three classic wordless tales in attractive, low-priced hardcover editions.燗 Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, the first book in this series, launched Mercer Mayer's distinguished career over twenty-five years ago, and also helped to create the wordless picture book genre. Full of warmhearted mischief and play, the books express the humorous trials and tribulations of friendship and the joy of summertime discovery. Readers will want to collect the entire set.
Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship.
Mice, a rottweiler, an arachnid and a few other assorted critters make sturdy reappearances in five board book versions of picture books. In Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint, "three white mice on a white piece of paper" enjoy a colorful romp, while in Walsh's Mouse Count a similar gaggle narrowly escapes being served for dinner (Harcourt/Red Wagon, $6 each, 28p, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-15-200265-0; -200266-9 Sept.). Yet another mouse searches the animal kingdom for companionship?and finds an unexpected respondent?in Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend? (HarperFestival, $6.95, 32p, ages 2-6, ISBN 0-694-00709-9 Sept.). The rewards of industriousness are celebrated in a second Carle title, The Very Busy Spider; its embossed web brings a tactile dimension to his familiar collage artwork (Philomel, $9.95, 26p, ages 2-up ISBN 0-399-22919-1 Aug.). Finally, the canine in question is Alexandra Day's beloved Carl, who takes charge of a crew of toddlers in Carl Goes to Day Care (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $5.95, ages 1-3 ISBN
What color is a bluebird? Easy to answer, but even easier when you have the color to match it with. Find the color in the top half of a page that matches the picture on the bottom half. From pink flowers to purple grapes, this colorful book is full of fun and surprises. Children will love solving these color puzzles featuring Eric Carle’s bold and vibrant artwork.
When the Elephant walks, he scares the Bear. When the Bear runs away, he scares the Crocodile. When the Crocodile swims for his life, he scares the Wild Hog . . . and so on, down to the Mouse. And who could be scared of the little Mouse? The last spread answers this question in a way that will delight small children-and the endearing animals, rhythmic text, and hilarious illustrations will make this board book a favorite.
A mouse istaking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes ahungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enoughto eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . thegruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature withterrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, andknobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the endof its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s nosuch thing as a gruffalo. . . .
Category: Family"She grazes on grass, and she likes to say, 'Moo!' I don't think that is what a llama would do."In this favorite, whimsical rhyming riddles help Lloyd the baby llama guess what kind of animal everyone's mama really is. But it's his friend Lyn the llama that finally leads Lloyd to the answer he most longs to hear.Is your mama a llama?"An enchanting animal guessing game."-School Library Journal
这是一个日本流传的民间故事,描写一个特别喜欢笑、善于做饭团的婆子,有一天,她的饭团突然滚到了地洞里,她就一路追啊追,在底下有好几个菩萨都劝她不要去,因为那里住着邪恶的鬼。可是她为了要找回她的饭团,没有放弃,结果被鬼给抓回了鬼城,给他们做饭,还给了她一把只要一搅拌就会有饭源源不断跑出来的饭勺子。 饭婆子意外做出更多更好的饭团,她没有害怕和丑陋鬼一起生活的日子,而是觉得很有趣,但是日子一久,饭婆子想回家了。她就趁鬼都不在家的时候,偷偷搭着船溜走,等到鬼们发现她要逃跑,便开始追啊追。 饭婆子用大笑战胜了丑陋鬼,驾着小船,顺利地回家了;从此她快乐地做着越来越多的好吃的饭团。 While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wickedcreatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming therichest woman
Fans of Tomie dePaola's kindly Strega Nona will love thischarming look at the early days of her good-hearted but clumsyhelper Big Anthony. From the day he is born, Big Anthony never paysattention. As a boy, he leaves the gates of the farm open and allthe animals escape. As a young man off to make his fortune in theworld, he accidentally "fixes" the leaning Tower of Pisa. WillItaly survive the hilarious mishaps of Big Anthony?
The clouds drift across the bright blue sky-all except one. Little Cloud trails behind. He is busy changing shapes to become a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Eric Carle's trademark collages will make every reader want to run outside and discover their very own little cloud.
Obadiah, a young Quaker boy living in colonial Nantucket, is constantly followed by a sea gull that he wishes would leave him alone. When it does leave, he wants it back.