Phyllis Root
Author
Language
English
Description
In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh. One duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the thickets, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? With bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman, this counting tale by Phyllis Root is a feast of sounds and numbers...
Author
Language
English
Description
Four children set off into the woods to find a moose. An ear-tickling, eye-teasing romp for little listeners, led by an award-winning author and illustrator. Do you really, really want to see a moose - a long-leggy moose - a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose? Spurred by Phyllis Root's sing-songy text and Randy Cecil's buoyant illustrations, this hunt for an elusive moose through woods, swamps, bushes, and hills is just as fun as the...
9) Snowy Sunday
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"One very snowy Sunday, snowflakes as big as balls of wool are falling on Bonnie Bumble's farm. The cow, the duck, the hens, and even Spot the dog are all shivery and cold. "This will never d-d-d-do," says Bonnie with chattering teeth. So she gets busy with needles and wool and knits and knits--hats and scarves, beak-warmers and tail-warmers. But how can she get the sun to make everyone warm and toasty again?" --
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
23 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In the middle of a dark, stormy night, one child, then another, then a third wake their mother and ask to climb into the bed, but when the last member of the family arrives Papa declares there is no more room.
11) Soggy Saturday
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After a hard rain, the animals on Bonnie Bumble's farm all turn blue.
12) Kiss the cow
Author
Language
English
Description
Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve, Celia's family moved to nearby Appledore Island, where her...
14) Hop!
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
17 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Shows the nonstop antics of five little bunnies, bumping, tumbling, wiggling, twitching, thumping, and lunching.
15) Mouse has fun
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 15 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Mouse tries to cook, pretends to be Super Mouse, has a picnic with Dog, and plays tag with Cat.
17) Scrawny cat
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Living alone at the foot of the mountain, Pierre decides to take a ride to the other side in the hopes of making new friends and gets more than he bargained for when he picks up helpful Goat, Sheep, and Bear before ever reaching the top.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
20) What baby wants
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Various family members try to stop Baby from crying, but only his brother figures out what he wants.