Jan Brett
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Language
English
Description
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale. Includes one fold-out illustration and a recipe for gingerbread cookies.
9) The hat
Author
Language
English
Description
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.
10) The umbrella
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella.
13) Berlioz the bear
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.
15) Daisy comes home
Author
Language
English
Description
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
16) Christmas trolls
Author
Language
English
Description
When Treva investigates the disappearance of her family's Christmas things, she finds two mischievous trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
17) Cozy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The coat of a huge wooly musk ox named Cozy is the winter home for a growing number of Alaskan animals who mostly get along.
18) The mermaid
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random house LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"--
19) On Noah's ark
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Language
English
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Description
Noah's granddaughter assists him in bringing the animals two-by-two on to the ark and helps them adjust to their new cramped quarters during the next forty days of rain.