Axel Scheffler
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"What do you get if you cross a mighty tyrannosaur with a fearsome triceratops? It's a tyrannotops, of course! And how about a giant diplodocus with a soaring pterodactyl? Why, that's a diplodactyl! With more than 121 possible prehistoric creations, silly names, and strange noises to make you giggle, this new Flip Flap book is perfect for preschoolers and dinosaur fans. With a hilarious rhyming text and illustrations from Axel Scheffler, simply flip...
5) The gruffalo
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Description
A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents ... the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there...
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"The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But is there room on the broom for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?"--Amazon.com
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Description
These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T. S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems.
12) Stick Man
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Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put on a fire, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.
13) The Highway Rat
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Pub. Date
2013, c2011
Description
A very bad rat rides his horse along the highway stealing travelers' food, from a rabbit's clover to a spider's flies, until clever Duck introduces him to her "sister."
14) The baddies
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A troll, a witch, and a ghost compete to see who can scare the little girl who is new to the their neighborhood, but her courage and kindness defeats them all.
17) Where's my mom?
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A butterfly tries to help a lost young monkey find its mother in the jungle, meeting many different animals along the way.
18) The ugly five
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Who's that singing on the savanna? It's the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savanna, rejoicing in their ugliness-and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are.