Amy Hest, You can do it, Sam
One winter morning, while the moon is still up, Mrs Bear and Sam bake cakes for all their friends on Plum Street. And who do you think takes the cakes up to each doorstep...all by himself?
Parents and children everywhere will recognize the first brave steps of any child doing something by themselves for the first time - and the elation they feel when they achieve it!
Ikiro Kishimi, The courage to be disliked
Over the course of five nights, an unsatisfied young man questions a wise teacher about the possibility of happiness. The young man believes that happiness is an elusive illusion in a chaotic world full of contradictions, where everyone wants to appear and feels in perpetual competition with each other. The wise man, on the other hand, is convinced that the world is a simple place, after all, and that happiness is within everyone's reach: it is enough
A poetic celebration of the quiet love that gives each one of us the strength to succeed.
No dream too big. No goal too great. With love and support anything is possible.
Rosemary Wells, the acclaimed author of Max & Ruby and Voyage to the Bunny Planet, once again brilliantly focuses on the small moments in a child’s life that matter most, celebrating the quiet love that gives every one of us the strength to succeed. A young bear finds its way in the world with the support of the others in
Beth Ferry, Sealed with a kiss
Seal has just arrived at the National Zoo from France and is eager to make new friends. But when no one visits her, she starts visiting the animals, smooching them, thus believing she is making friends.
But not everyone likes seal kisses ...
In time, Together, all the zoo inhabitants find their own ways of welcoming their new neighbor, and friendships finally begin on a good note.
Foca's wordplay, figurative language, and French accent make this a fun read
Lucy Ruth Cummins, Vampenguin
This book tells a charming and wryly humorous story of adventure, mistaken identity and a day at the zoo of a vampire family; a story that abounds with visual gags where the reader is in on the joke long before the characters themselves are.
Alert and adventurous young readers will love this story of the hoaxes that happen when parents turn their backs.
(Ages 3-6)