"Here’s to exuberant read-alouds! This picture book ode to joy invites us to celebrate the world’s vast diversity — and feel pretty happy with our place in it, too.Here’s to the birds!The Feather People!Birds!Here’s to the birds and the bears and the bugs! Here’s to the weird and wacky, the cute and creepy! From toothy fish to let-you-when-you’re-sleeping cats to lick-lick-lick-lick-lick-lick dogs, every creature is unique and lovable . ..."
"Susan Lowell. To all my favorite redheads — S . L . To my very supportive mother
and father — R . C . • À NOTE ON THE STORY • When I was a little girl in the
West , I used to visit my grandmother , who lived all by herself on a ranch near
Red ..."
Horsefly and Honeybee(1stEdition) A Picture Book by RandyCecil Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2012 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9300-1, ISBN: 0-8050-9300-1
"When Honeybee decides to take a nap in the same flower as Horsefly, trouble ensues! They don’t want to share, and after quarrelling, run away in opposite directions. But it isn’t long until they meet again… They have both been captured by hungry Bullfrog! If Horsely and Honeybee are to escape before dinnertime, they must find a way to work together. With beautiful illustrations and simple text, this is a sweet story about sharing and f ..."
"What do one hundred sunbathing snails have in common with ten crabs in inner tubes? Check out this mirthful counting book with a focus on feet.If one is a snail and two is a person, we must be counting by feet! Just follow the sign to the beach, where a bunch of fun-loving crabs, lounging dogs, gleeful insects, and bewildered-looking snails obligingly offer their feet for counting in a number of silly, surprising combinations - from one ..."
Big Day on the River(1stEdition) by Sarah Wilson, RandyCecil Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2003 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6787-3, ISBN: 0-8050-6787-6
"A little girl looks forward to her first solo raft ride on the river, but her well-meaning relatives don’t want to leave her alone.At dawn, Willie danced her way to the river, joyful to be alone and grinning ear-to-ear.“Yow-eee!” she shouted. “My first day out on the Wallawatchee, and nobody’s here to tell me what to do or how to do it!”Willie can’t wait to take her raft out on the river for the first time. Her loving relatives want her ..."
"Can a seafaring fairy godmother, a wise fool, and an enchanted hairstyle keep Princess Rose out of trouble?"A very long time ago, when all the countries you’ve ever heard of were in different places on the map, a princess was born who was not beautiful. She wasn’t even remotely pretty, and the whole kingdom was in deep shock about it."Princess Rose doesn’t get any prettier as she grows up, but the kingdom does get over its shock. Everyo ..."
"When a newborn chick is born he can't help but break into song. After all, the springtime world is just so beautiful. "The sky is so blue!" he sings. "The sun is yellow! The trees are so green! And I'm a happy fellow…" The singing chick barely peeps the last peep of his perky little song when he encounters a lip-smacking fox who swallows the fluffy bird in one gulp. Suddenly, the fox's tummy feels funny and, much to his dismay, a s ..."
"In Texas, Tia Lupe and Tio Jose make the best tortillas - so light that the cowboys say they just might jump right out of the griddle. One day, a tortilla does exactly that. Mocking her pursuers, the tortilla runs through the desert, encountering two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. She dodges them all, but is finally outwitted by Senor Coyote in this flavorful twist on the classic tal ..."
The Forgetful Bears(1stEdition) (Family Storytime) by Larry Weinberg, RandyCecil Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2000 by Golden Books ISBN-13: 978-0-307-10230-0, ISBN: 0-307-10230-0
"The Forgetful Bears are going on a picnicor is it a shopping trip?but they can't remember where they put the car or the picnic basket and keep forgetting what they had in mind in the first place."
"A very long time ago, when this morning's mud puddles were still vast oceans, and dragons prowled their shores, there lived a little boy named Irwin who wanted to be a hero.The uproarious prequel to the Christopher Medal winner The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool Every boy in the kingdom of Coriander dreams of being a hero, which makes it hard to get into the Heroic Academy. Young Irwin's brave swagger is more of a meek stumble, yet he ..."
"From a distance, perhaps through squinted eyes, Dusty Locks appears to be a Wild West cousin to the more famous Goldilocks. Close up, she seems more closely related to the dirt magnet Pig Pen of "Peanuts" fame. This harum-scarum cowgirl, on the lam from her mother, hasn't bathed "for a month of Sundays," and, with her propensity for chasing skunks, is fairly ripe by the time she arrives in a cloud of dust at the home of three grizzly be ..."
"Dr. Sillybear and Nurse Rabbit are full of good advice for their patients, ranging from Horace the Horse to Andrew the Brachiosaurus, in a humorous, colorfully illustrated book."
Little Red Cowboy Hat(1stEdition) by Susan Lowell, RandyCecil Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1997 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-3508-7, ISBN: 0-8050-3508-7
"This whimsical take on Little Red Riding Hood brings new life to an old favorite. "
One Dark and Dreadful Night(1stEdition) by RandyCecil Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2004 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6779-8, ISBN: 0-8050-6779-5
"Good evening, and welcome to the Wayward Orphans Theatre. I am Maestro Von Haughty. Tonight I am proud to present three tales of terror and misfortune...A laugh-out-loud theatrical production that puts Broadway to shame! Maestro Von Haughty directs a theater company that performs gloomy works of tragedy-or they're supposed to. Unfortunately for the Maestro, his actors are a group of ragtag orphans that would much rather be in a happy pl ..."
"Cuscuz, o reino em que Rosa, a princesa feiosa, nasceu era obcecado pela beleza. O concurso anual de beleza ficava mais concorrido a cada ano, e as participantes se utilizavam de artimanhas complexíssimas para vencer - pintavam os cabelos para que eles ficassem parecidos com sorvetes de framboesa ou tapetes persas, por exemplo. Por isso, quando o povo soube que Rosa não era exatamente bela, instaurou-se o pânico. A reputação de Cuscuz ..."