Jane’s birthday sleepover is a night of games, a lost mouse, a croaking frog, a little sleep, and a lot of fun.
Picture Book
Boo to a Goose
A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.
Sophie
Sophie loves her Grandpa. And her Grandpa loves Sophie. They are best friends. And then one day there is no Grandpa. . . . Family love and the natural cycle of birth, life, and death are tenderly portrayed in this moving story. Foxs spare text distills complex life passages into emotions so clear even a child can understand and perhaps draw comfort from them.
Circus Carnivore
In rhyming nonsense verse, a young girl explains how the creatures who live in her head affect her behavior.
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
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.
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.
Moki Mongoose Finds a Friend
Moki the mongoose was very lonely, but soon makes friends with different animals.
Elvira
A young dragon who prefers making daisy chains and dressing up rather than fighting and eating princesses finds a way to be who she is.
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?
One Woolly Wombat
Humorous illustrations depict fourteen Australian animals, introduced in rhyme, along with the numbers from one to fourteen.