Jeanne Willis
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the middle of a wood there is a chick who will not fly. "Not I!" she cries to Mother Owl and Father Owl. She flaps, she flips, she flops, and she hops back into the nest. Time passes and seasons change, but still she refuses to fly. Will she ever learn to let go and soar up into the open sky?
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Hippopotamus had a spotamus . . . on her bottomus! "It's a blister!" said her sister. "It's measles!" said Weasel. "It's hippopox!" said Fox. But in the end the spotamus turns out to be something hilariously unexpected!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When the residents of Storyland have an emergency, the Storyland Ambulance Crew is there to help, as when they care for the cow that trips over the moon, or when they do what all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't for Humpty Dumpty.
Author
Publisher
Scallywag Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2025
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Each outfit that Albie purchases -- from fairy to pirate, from cowboy to elegant city gent -- proves unsuitable in some way, and by the end of the week, his bedroom is heaped with discarded clothes. How will he dress in order to feel like himself?
9) Troll stinks
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Two billy goats discover the perils of making assumptions and acting on prejudice in this timely tale about online bullying"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Slug needs a hug
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press Picture Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Slug worries that the reason his mother never hugs him is that he is ugly, so he follows his friends' advice to be furry, with a beak, horns, and more, until his mother can no longer recognize him, but then he learns that she loves him, no matter what.
11) Chicken Clicking
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer - click - soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems ... Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Old MacDonald loves his phone, he thinks it works a charm, Now all the animals have phones too, how will he run his farm? Sing along as Old MacDonald's farm falls into chaos! How will the animals learn to balance their screen time?
14) Not just a book
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal that a book can be used for everything from keeping a table steady to catching a fairy in midair.
15) Susan laughs
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.
16) Poles apart
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Everybody knows that penguins live at the South Pole and polar bears live at the North Pole. But what would happen if, one day, an adventurous family of penguins took a wrong turn and ended up at the North Pole?"--Back cover.
17) Don't let go!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
[22] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Megan is nervous about her dad letting go of her bike as she learns to ride, and her dad is nervous about how far into the world she will go once she does.
18) Cottonball Colin
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Afraid that her smallest child, Colin, will be hurt if he goes outside or plays, a mother mouse insists that he sit quietly indoors until his grandmother suggests wrapping him in cotton wool, which proves to be effective, but in a most unexpected way.
19) Misery Moo
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pessimistic cow is so resistant to a lamb's attempts to cheer her up that the previously happy-go-lucky lamb starts to feel just like the miserable cow.
20) Stardust
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A girl who is always outshined by her older sister is comforted by her grandfather, who reminds her that everything and everyone is made of stardust that shines in all different ways.