Mem Fox

"A little boy takes a walk to fetch something for his breakfast before sitting down for a meal with his grandmother"--

A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.

Illustrations and simple text tell a story about how various members of the animal kingdom get their children ready for sleep.

A small boy, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, knows and likes all of the old folks in the home next door, but his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper she has four names, too. Hearing that she has lost her memory, he asks the old folks what a memory is ("Something from long ago" ; "Something that makes you laugh;" "Something warm;" etc.), ponders the answers, then gathers up memories of his own (seashells collected long ago last summer,...

A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all.

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

Invites the reader to search for Ladybug, who loves to hide.

"A call-and-response-style adventure in which a cat and dog are astonished to find a mouse in their house! The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics--and sometimes doesn't"--

Siblings Bonnie and Ben impress Skinny Doug with their ability to recite nursery rhymes.--

In rhyming text, Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.