From Publishers Weekly This enchanting story explores the ups and downs of close-knitcamaraderie. Beginning with a peek through a window where Cat,Squirrel and Duck are making music together, Cooper (The Boy WhoWouldn't Go to Bed) invites youngsters into their cozypumpkin-shaped home. There's a rhythm to their lives: each has hisown instrument to play and his own duties when it comes to cookingtheir famous pumpkin soup ("the best you ever tasted"). But oneday, Duck decides to be the stirrer instead of the salt pourer, andan all-out battle ensues. Here the warm golden glow that haspermeated their dwelling turns an angry orange-red with paws, wingsand "@#$!"s flying. After Duck waddles off in a huff, the remainingpair heads out to hunt for himAto no avail. In a charmingtime-lapse sequence, vignettes of Cat and Squirrel moping on thesteps of their house form an arc along the side of a spread ("Sothey waited.../ All that long afternoon..."). Mimickinggrade-schoolers everywhere, Cat and Squirrel next

Baby Bear meets all sorts of different animals until he finally finds what he is looking for - his mother. Told through Bill Martin's rhythmic text and Eric Carle's vibrant images, this is the fourth companion title to the much-loved classic "Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?".

A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A Booklist Editors' Choice A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the cityignore them and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall willamount to anything.

In this gently satiric fable, Ungerer pokes fun atself-important adults who are afraid of anything or anyoneunfamiliar, and reminds us that there is indeed no place like home.On its first publication in the US in 1967, at the height of theSpace Race, Moon Man won the Book Week prize for books for childrenaged 4-8, and Maurice Sendak described it in "Book Week" as 'Easilyone of the bet picture books in recent years'. Since then, it hasbeen translated into 12 languages. "Moon Man" will be the nextclassic Ungerer tale to be turned into a full-length feature film,following on from the success of the award-winning "The ThreeRobbers", which was shown in French and German cinemas in 2007 andis due to be launched on DVD in the English-speaking world in Fall2008. Bored and lonely in his shimmering home in space, the MoonMan watches the people on Earth dancing and having a good time.Justonce, he thinks, he would like to join in the fun. So one night, heholds on to a passing comet and crash lands on Earth. But th

这是一个关于友谊和分享的经典故事：乔治和玛莎在分享一只梨子的时候相遇了，本来他们是在瓜分食物，不小心纠缠到了一起，不过既然分不开，就只好一起行动了。 梨子、西瓜……随着一页一页异形纸张的翻开，不同的图形打破了读者原有想想跳脱出来。后，乔治和玛莎从一对冤家变成了一对好朋友，谁也离不开谁。正在这时候，空中出现了一只凶恶的大鸟，向他们扑来。 这下，乔治和玛莎为了逃命，被大鸟啄掉了尾巴，他们分开了。接下来该怎么办呢？各走各的，或者他们还是在一起……？ Jonathan and Martha are two lonely works that live on oppositesides of a tree. One day, a big juicy pear lands on the groundbetween them. Jonathan nibbles from the left, and Martha from theright - and soon they are caught in a tangle. Using his signaturestyle of eye-catching illustration and collage and simplenarrative, Horacek weave togethe

A magical book whose dreamy artwork perfectly captures the twilightworld of a small child, determined not to go to sleep.

The nasty Swish Train drivers have challenged Duffy and Jackto a race and when the flag goes down, the Swish Train speeds outof sight!

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

When two children climb over the garden wall of the big house,they embark on a voyage of discovery. For this uncharted territoryreveals a topiary ship, complete with a wheelhouse that looksrather like a garden shed. It isn't long before the shipowner comesacross the stowaways, but their communal sense of adventure isdestined to see them all through the eye of the storm!

The Paris skies are gray, so Miss Clavel and the twelve little girls are leaving for brighter weather spring in Rome. Rome has wonderful sights to see and delicious things to eat, but Madeline also finds an unexpected adventure, involving a thief, a chase, and many, many cats. The first all-new Madeline book in close to fifty years combines a lively story with luminous gouache and watercolor illustrations. Beloved Madeline returns, as brave and irrepressible as ever!