A feel-good picture book about best friendship told with dry comedy and an open ending--squirrel and mushroom are best friends until another best friend comes to play. This morning when I was out walking, I found a best friend. At least I think so. It certainly looks a lot like it! He really has a best friend kind of face. In this funny picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the seasons, show each other special trees, build snow mushrooms, share the good times and bad--which become good bad times alongside a friend. Then spring arrives, and so does a new friend. And then another. This raises a profound question for an overthinking squirrel: should we have just one best friend?

Dot and Duck are best friends, but Dot hates mess and Duck hates tidy. Duck leaves the bed unmade, the cupboards open and breakfast everywhere. How messy! In the morning, Duck makes Dot pancakes for breakfast, how kind! But Duck leaves a BIG mess! At the beach, Dot carefully lays out her towel and picnic... and Duck digs a big hole covering everything with sand! SO messy! Characterful watercolour illustrations bring this story to life, and big font makes the story easy for young readers. How Messy! is a simple yet hilarious story with a touching ending and an important message about accepting differences and learning to compromise. The Dot and Duck series is a collection of laugh-out-loud funny stories detailing the adventures of these two best friends. More titles include How Rude! and How Selfish!

An Amazon Best Book of the Month pick! What's a seal to do when she's new to the zoo? Make new friends, of course! But when the other animals aren't so friendly, a wise sparrow inspires them to surprise Seal with a special treat. Full of heart and humor, this story of friendship and forgiveness from bestselling author Beth Ferry and illustrator Olivier Tallec will have little ones giggling along, and it makes for a fun Valentine's Day gift! "A pleasing twist on a friendship tale that gently teaches about cultural manners and boundaries." --Kirkus

The squirrel loves a particular tree and is happiest eating pinecones in its shade. But then the squirrel starts to worry. What if someone else decides it's THEIR tree? What if that someone wants to eat THEIR pinecones in the shade of THEIR tree? Should the squirrel build a gate? Or maybe a wall? Yes, a wall. The squirrel will build a long and high wall that no one can get over or around. Only, now that there's a wall, how can the squirrel know what's on the other side of it? Maybe a better tree is out there, full of pinecones. Maybe even a whole forest of better trees...

The hilarious follow-up title to How Rude! which introduced us to the wonderful duo, Dot and Duck. They're back to share even more giggles in this sweet story about sharing, manners and friendship. One day Dot and Duck find a stick, only Dot thinks it's a sword and Duck thinks it's a flag. When Dot refuses to share the new toy, she goes to any lengths to make sure Duck doesn't try to take it. How will Duck react to such selfish behaviour? Simple, funny, and ultimately touching, this book will appeal to any child who is learning what it means to share and, more importantly, what it is to be a true friend. Bright and colourful illustrations accompany this fun and easy to read story, which will bring a smile to the faces young children time and time again.

Here Tallec portrays two characters, separated only by narrow walls, who watch each other ceaselessly through the seasons. Moving between day and night, long stretches at their binoculars, and mundane daily tasks, they fight their cold war, full of suspicion, never daring to bridge the gap between them.
As time passes, a snail shows up, and then a bird, and one day, to their utter surprise, they come face-to-face in a different way, and they discover that their differences don't make them enemies.
"Waterloo & Trafalgar" has a die-cut cover and interior section-cut flip pages, all of which contribute to allowing the reader to see things in different ways. And that, in the end, is so much of what this book is about: seeing and seeing otherwise.

Another charmer in the Gus series with stunning illustrations collaged with photo elements of the forest.

From the bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit comes another hilarious friendship story from Monkey & Cake. This time Monkey lost a tooth... will Cake be able to help Monkey find it? Meet Monkey and Cake.They are silly and they are curious.Sometimes they agree. Sometimes they do not.But Monkey and Cake are always best friends.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt, and illustrator Olivier Tallec, comes a fresh duo Monkey and Cake. In this book, Monkey has lost a tooth! This makes Monkey sad. Cake reassures Monkey that the tooth fairy will come... but Monkey isn't so sure. Can Cake help find the lost tooth instead?With Daywalt's signature voice and style, the relatable humor of Elephant and Piggie, and the wise friendship of Frog and Toad, Monkey and Cake invites readers to laugh along and let their imaginations soar.Praise for Monkey & Cake: Exuberant, expressive, and full of philosophical inquiry. -- The Wall Street JournalFunny and thought-provoking. A definite purchase for beginning reader collections. --- School Library Journal* Perfect for novice readers who enjoy a bit of brain-teasing as well as a comedy buddy.-- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Required reading for any prospective dark knights or superheroes." -Kirkus Reviews Clad in bright suits that bespeak their daring deeds, these mini heroes, aka kids, live their daily lives assailed by all sorts of new challenges and uphill battles. Whether jumping rope on the playground, eating towers of ice-cream, or hanging upside-down from the ceiling, they are never short of plans and projects! But sometimes, they have to pause from their daring adventures, perhaps to take a bath or for the laundry to be done, which may be the greatest challenge of all! Full of excitement and loaded with imagination, children see the world differently from everyone else. When seen as the mini heroes they are, kids inspire the rest of us to enjoy life.

Families everywhere will recognise themselves in this clever, hilarious, and completely irresistible picture book. Five minutes is a lot of time...or is it? Well, it depends on what you're doing, of course! Follow one little boy and his family on a very busy day, as he discovers that sometimes five minutes feels like forever - like when you're finishing up at the dentist's office or waiting in line for the bathroom or in the backseat on a long car ride - and sometimes five minutes feels like no time at all - like when you're playing your favourite game or at the tippy top of a roller coaster or snuggling up with a book before bedtime.

This fresh, visually sophisticated follow-up to Who Done It? and Who What Where? tackles the topic of memory, as each page asks the reader to remember a detail about the characters featured on the page before. With die-cuts, clever folds, and imaginative illustrations, this book requires the sharpest readers' keen attention! The call to action on every page makes this a wonderful lap read or read-aloud, and kids of all ages will love the memory games.

The hilarious follow-up title to How Rude! which introduced us to the wonderful duo, Dot and Duck. They're back to share even more giggles in this sweet story about sharing, manners and friendship. One day Dot and Duck find a stick, only Dot thinks it's a sword and Duck thinks it's a flag. When Dot refuses to share the new toy, she goes to any lengths to make sure Duck doesn't try to take it. How will Duck react to such selfish behaviour? Simple, funny, and ultimately touching, this book will appeal to any child who is learning what it means to share and, more importantly, what it is to be a true friend. Bright and colourful illustrations accompany this fun and easy to read story, which will bring a smile to the faces young children time and time again.