Our dog Jenny is famous because she piggybacks our guineapigs around the garden. But i'm only famous for my elbow!
A timeless folk song provides inspiration for some of the funniest, brightest drawings Peter Spier has ever produced. In the song, a fox forages for food in the village to bring to his family back in the den. The music is also included so everyone can sing along.
Hondo the dog has a fun day at the beach while Fabian the cat stays home. " Wake up, Hondo. Time to go!" Hondo will have an adventure. Fabian will stay home. A dog named Hondo and his friend Fred are going to the beach for a day of excitement. Fabian the cat is left behind at home to play with the baby. Who will cause more trouble? And who will have more fun? Peter McCarty's exquisite illu…
The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie.
Favourite stories are retold in a lively natural language to help children to develop the confidence to read alone. Henny Penny and her friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox.
One morning, Hansel and Gretel's mother said to the children, "Today you'll both go to town to take a message for me." "But be careful,"she warned them, "and don't leave the road, you could get lost.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was loved by everyone who knew her. Her grandmother was so fond of the child that she delighted in giving her presents. Once she made her a beautiful cape and hood of red velvet. The little girl liked it so much that she never went out without wearing it. In time, everyone called her " Little Red Riding Hood".
My tiger is very sloppy. He spills his milk and wipes his face on the tablecloth. He never puts away his toys. It takes me all morning to clean up his room.
The tale of the Powhatan princess from the Virginia woodlands is one of the best known and most loved in American history. While myth and legend have clouded some of the details, time has not diminished her bravery, selflessness, and comm. Pocahontas discovers a bear in a cave when she goes upriver to explore.