Babies and toddlers will love to follow The Very HungryCaterpillar as he munches and crunches his way through a hugevariety of foods from a juicy apple and sweet pear to a sticky cakeand spicy sausage! With its tough board pages and detachable strapand clip, this little board book is perfect for little ones on thego. It can be attached to a buggy, cot or highchair. The colourfulcollages and simple word labels introduce the concept of colour:ideal for early learners.
Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rangher gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . .. By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keepthe city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates howthe voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit ofdemocracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle theCable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San FranciscoPublic Library to re-create this edition with all the vibrant charmof the original, which was published in 1952.
Young children will enjoy learning about colors and flowerswith this new edition of one of Lois Ehlert's most popular titlesin a brand-new format. A mother and child plant a rainbow offlowers in the family garden.
Shining star Oliver Jeffers is back with this star spangled inter-galactic adventure tale in space! One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up, up and away he flies, high into the sky. Whizzing past clouds, stars and planets until suddenly, he runs out of petrol! Miles from earth, the boy crashes into the moon and waits. Just as he is beginning to get cold and lonely, a friendly martian appears from the darkness, also with a broken aircraft. Together they come up with a super plan to float the boy back down to earth to collect his toolbox. Can the boy find his way back home safely and will he ever make it back up to the moon to rescue his friend?
What will you hear when you read this book to a preschoolchild? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the soundsthe animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animalsfeatured in the book— look at the last page! Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respectednames in children's education and children's illustrations. Thiscollaboration, their first since the classic Brown Bear, BrownBear, What Do You See? (published more than thirty years ago andstill a best-seller) shows two masters at their best. A Redbook Children's Picture Book Award winner The rollicking companion to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do YouSee?
Inagreatgreenroom,tuckedawayinbed,isalittlebunny."Goodnightroom,goodnightmoon."Andtoallthefamiliarthingsinthesoftlylitroom tothepictureofthethreelittlebearssittinginchairs,totheclocksandhissocks,tothemittensandthekittens,toeverythingonebyone hesaysgoodnight. Inthisclassicofmodernchildren'sliterature,belovedbygenerationsofreadersandlisteners,thequietpoetryofthewordsandthegentle,lullingillustrationscombinetomakeaperfectbookfortheendoftheday.
“A told B, and B told C, ‘I’ll meet you on top of the coconuttree.’” This rollicking rhythmic beginning starts a lively, tongue-tingling adventure as all the characters from A to Z try to climb to the top of the coconut tree. But will there be enough room? With an insistent, repetitive chorus of “chicka, chicka, boom, boom,” this book entertains while teaching the alphabet without even trying. Capital and small letters are both introduced. When all the letters get to the top of the tree, it bends over and all the “baby” (lower case) letters fall out. Then, each “adult” (upper case) letter comes, rescues its baby, and runs home to take care of their various (not serious) injuries. A very clever presentation of the alphabet.
George has a house made from a big cardboard box, and he says that no one else at the playground can come in. Not Lindy, because George's house "isn't for girls," nor Freddie, because it "isn't for small people." Sophie can't come in because, George says, "This house isn't for people with glasses." But when George leaves his house for a moment, everyone piles in, and on his return, George gets a taste of his own medicine. Aided by Bob Graham's striking illustrations of an urban playground, Michael Rosen tells the tale of a little boy who makes a big discovery — that letting everyone into his playhouse is a lot more fun than keeping them out.
Awarded the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book of 1971 "One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. When he reached the other side he was very thirsty." The jaunty red fox stole milk from an old farm woman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman's knife, and spent the day bargaining to get it back. This humorous retelling of a favorite Armenian folktale is a story small children will follow and "read along" with ease.
变色龙很苦恼,因为他没有自己的颜色,他总是走到哪儿,颜色就变成什么样。有一天,他遇见了另外一只变色龙,他们约定:既然改变不了现实的条件,就一起改变身上的颜色。从此以后,两只变色龙过上了快乐而满足的生活…… Now available in a board book edition, the charming story of achameleon searching for his own color, who ends up finding a truefriend. Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no colorof his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon,even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day achameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on thegreenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes fromgreen to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. Whenanother chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns thatcompanionship is more important than having a color of his own. Nomatter where he goes with his new friend, they will always b
""I smell the blood of an Englishwoman.Be she alive or beshe dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread.""Mary PopeOsborne's funny, magical retelling of a favorite tale and GisellePotter's enchanting illustrations feature Kate, a new and inspiringheroine for today's audience. Readers will cheer on thisresorceful, gutsy girl as she outsmarts the famously greedygiant.
"I take care of the earth because I know I can do littlethings every day to make a BIG difference..." With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parrexplores the important, timely subject of environmental protectionand conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing acircular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely withrecycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lotsof easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make theEarth feel good - from planting a tree and using both sides of thepaper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways. Best of all, the book includes an interior gatefold with a posterwith tips/reminders on how kids can "go green" everyday. Equallywhimsical and heartfelt, this sweet homage to our beautiful planetis sure to inspire readers of all ages to do their part in keepingthe Earth happy and healthy.