Picture Books
Here are details of my picture books. My activities page for children has some ideas for fun activities you can do based on these books; If you are interested in writing picture books, take a look at my tips.
"I'm not little, I'm BIG!". Rex wants to be the biggest, scariest, loudest dinosaur in the whole world, but everyone keeps calling him "little" Rex. Well, perhaps not quite EVERYONE ...
Harriet the Hedgehog gleefully joins in the butterflies' dance--until she notices they've all stopped to stare. "Butterflies only dance with butterflies," they declare. Tears in her eyes, Harriet runs, trips, and tumbles down a hill. "Where've you been?" her friend Ivor asks when she finally arrives on his doorstep. "Dancing with butterflies. They look like flowers," Harriet sighs. Ivor exclaims, "You look like a flower, too!" Harriet sees her reflection in a puddle: All the flowers from her hillside fall have stuck to her bristles! And that makes her so happy, she starts to dance!
Twitchy Nose says Floppy Ears is too little to come out and play. But when the fox comes by, it turns out to be Floppy Ears who's the clever one!
Wendy is a sheep with a dream. She spends her days mostly eating and sleeping...but she secretly wishes she could fly! One day Wendy does a kind favor for a fairy, who in turn grants Wendy her one wish. And so Wendy sets off on the adventure of a lifetime--she flies across land and sea, to the moon and the stars and beyond. Soon, Wendy must return back home to save her fellow sheep from a prowling wolf. Though Wendy is tired from her exciting journeys, she has learned a magical lesson-- that dreams really CAN come true!
Floppy Ears has a new little rabbit friend, Little Tail, to play with, and big sister Twitchy Nose feels a bit left out. Then Floppy Ears and Little Tail decide they're not friends after all - and Twitchy Nose finds a wonderful way to bring them together again.The warmth and charm of the story, and the clever way it deals with an experience that all small children go through, makes this a most appealing second book about Floppy Ears.
Even little monsters get worried about their first day at school. It's a big step to take. Fred and Ted are two little monsters who aren't at all sure they want to go—but once they do, they soon find out it's fun. After a day filled with mud splashing and slime painting, some howling and growling practice and a good stomp and stamp, not to mention big helpings of worms for lunch—they can't wait for Tuesday!
"I'm not little, I'm BIG!". Rex wants to be the biggest, scariest, loudest dinosaur in the whole world, but everyone keeps calling him "little" Rex. Well, perhaps not quite EVERYONE ...
"I'm not little, I'm BIG!". Rex wants to be the biggest, scariest, loudest dinosaur in the whole world, but everyone keeps calling him "little" Rex. Well, perhaps not quite EVERYONE ...