""The buggy-eyed insects, crabs, and snails provide an appealing cast of characters who stand up to be counted against a summertime palette of orange sand and blue skies." -- KIRKUS REVIEWSIf 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 ..."
"Dad lovers and dog lovers will both delight in this buoyantly illustrated, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the traits these two species share — and why we adore them.Dad pretends to be human, but the kids know otherwise. Between first-thing-in-the morning scratching, fetching the paper, snacking, lying around for hours, and even the occasional pit stop behind a tree, the evidence is clear. But so are their father’s steadfast love and loyalty ..."
"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 . ..."
One Dark and Dreadful Night(1st Edition) 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 ..."
"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 ..."
"An ear-tickling, eye-teasing romp for little listeners, led by an award-winning author and illustratorDo you really, really want to see a moose — a long-leggy moose — a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose? Spurred by Phyllis Root's sing-songy text and Randy Cecil's buoyant illustrations, this hunt for an elusive moose through woods, swamps, bushes, and hills is just as fun as the final surprise discovery of moose en masse. C ..."
"In David Martin's rollicking romp, playfully illustrated by Randy Cecil, little ones can follow the actions of animal babies and discover all the wonderful ways their bodies can move.Are you an inny or an outy? Either way, you'll love this perfect read-aloud! We've got ears, and you do too.We can pull them. Can you?We've all got hands for clapping, necks for stretching, and feet for kicking. We've all got eyes that close and mouths that ..."
"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(1st Edition) 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 ..."
"We've got ears, and so do you. We can pull them. Can you? We've got hands for clapping, like monkeys, feet for kicking, like zebras, and lots more too. But best of all - we've all got bellybuttons for tickle-tickling! Young children will love following the actions of these little animals and their families to discover all the wonderful ways their bodies can move!"
WP(Reprint) Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel, RandyCecil Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2002 by Winslow Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-58837-022-8, ISBN: 1-58837-022-4
"In Texas, Tia Lupe and Tio Jose make the best tortillas — so light that the cowboys say they just might jump right off the griddle. One day, a tortilla does just that. The tortilla runs through the desert pursued by two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. She is finally outwitted by Senor Coyote in this Lone Star twist on the classic Gingerbread Man tale. “The primitive oil paintings feat ..."
The Lovesick Salesman(1st Edition) by Margaret Gray, RandyCecil Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2004 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7558-8, ISBN: 0-8050-7558-5
"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 ..."
"What do one hundred sunbathing snails have in common with ten crabs? Find out in this joyful, award-winning counting book with a funny focus on feet. If one is a snail, and two is a person ...we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting and multiplication with big feet and small - on people and spiders, dogs and insects, snails and crabs - from one to one hundred!"