Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.
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Boo to a Goose
A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.
Wombat Divine
Wombat loves everything about Christmas–especially the Nativity play. He’s wanted to be in it for as long as he can remember. At last he’s old enough to try out. But at the auditions, the first part goes to someone else. So does the next. And the next … Will there be a part left for Wombat?
Moki Mongoose Finds a Friend
Moki the mongoose was very lonely, but soon makes friends with different animals.
Circus Carnivore
In rhyming nonsense verse, a young girl explains how the creatures who live in her head affect her behavior.
Wombats
This story presents, in text and photographs, the habits, life cycle, and natural environment of the Australian wombat, one of the world’s largest burrowing animals.
One Woolly Wombat
Humorous illustrations depict fourteen Australian animals, introduced in rhyme, along with the numbers from one to fourteen.
Dog In, Cat Out
Illustrates the concept of opposites by depicting one day in the household of a family and their busy dog and cat.
The Bedtime Train
As a child falls asleep, the bedtime train rolls into his room, taking him to a fantastical world of penguins, a gum machine, and a train engineer named Brad.
The Rusty, Trusty Tractor
A grandfather is convinced that his rusty, trusty fifty-year old tractor will make it through another haying season.