Robert Munsch
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"An empowerment-focused keepsake edition of one of the world's best-loved picture books 40 years. 7 million copies. 1 kick-ass princess who has inspired four generations of readers to stand up for themselves. How do you celebrate an occasion as special as 40 years in print for a book as beloved as The Paper Bag Princess? You track down some of the most poignant commentary about the story; you share behind-the-scenes insights from the author and his...
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A young woman holds her newborn son
And looks at him lovingly.
"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be."
So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in 1986, Love You Forever has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands
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"Something good" is exactly what Tyya, Andrew and Julie want to put into their shopping cart. Tyya's dad won't buy anything good at the store - no ice cream, no candy, no cookies. But when the saleslady puts a price sticker on Tyya's nose, Daddy is finally forced to buy something good.
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Julie thinks her new neighbors must be very scary because all the stuff being moved into their house is enormous. Then she meets David and finds out that he's just a normal, regular boy. But when David's father calls him for supper the sound makes Julie jump in the air, run in a circle three times, run home and lock herself in her room until it is time for breakfast the next day. Could David's father be a giant?
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Moira's afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday party...so she just doesn't tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira's parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira-she'll figure it all out,...
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Jason's dad falls asleep everywhere... except in his own bed.
All night long, Jason gets woken up by strange noises that lead him to find his dad in the most unexpected places-from on top of the refrigerator to the freezing cold woods outside his house. In order to finally get a good night's sleep, Jason musters up all of his resources and comes up with a most unexpected solution-tying his dad's toe to the bathroom doorknob to keep him in place.
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Ben wants to take something really neat to school for show and tell. What could be neater than his new baby sister? But his sister doesn't want to co-operate. She cries in his backpack. She cries at the teacher. She cries at the principal, who decides she must be sick. When they call in a doctor, she cries harder. Ben knows just the right person to call to help-his mom!
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Jule Ann pounds on the bottom of a cookie jar and a small, dark lump bounces out. The Dark quickly eats up Jule Ann's shadow, and then her mother and father's shadows, growing bigger and bigger with each swallow. When the Dark grows as big as her house, Jule Ann comes up with an ingenious plan to get it back where it belongs.
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Another laugh-out-loud book from the author of “The Paper Bag Princess”!
"Hey you dumb pigs!" When Megan lets all of the pigs out of the pen, they start to take over, and show her that they may not be so dumb after all.
A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this tale of underestimated livestock to a new generation of young readers.
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It is Olivia's birthday, and when she blows out the candles on her cake and makes a wish, she gets exactly what she wanted-SNOW, SNOW, and MORE SNOW, even though it's summertime. All that snow leads to too much trouble, though, so Olivia's parents bake her another cake so she can make a new wish that will get rid of it. But when that wish, and the next one, and the next one lead to even more trouble what will Olivia do to solve it? Wait and see!
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"Yeow!" shouts Andrew. "Do something about my loose tooth. It hurts!" Andrew's dad breaks his pliers trying to pull that tooth. Andrew's mother can't yank it out, either. Both Andrew's dentist and the Tooth Fairy herself are stumped! Finally Andrew's friend Louis comes up with a special tooth-removing remedy that requires plenty of pepper and a great big sneeze.
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C'est le temps d'amuser et de faire rire les petits enfants avec la collection « Histoires Drles » des Éditions La courte échelle. Raconté par l'excellente comédienne Johanne Emond, ce premier volume, sur disque compact, contient cinq petites histoires plus amusantes les unes que les autres. Musique, effets sonores, rires... tout y est. Préalablement publiées en version livre aux Éditions La courte échelle, les cinq histoires, racontées...
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C'est le temps d'amuser et de faire rire les petits enfants avec la collection « Histoires Drles » des Éditions La courte échelle. Raconté par l'excellente comédienne Johanne Emond, ce deuxième volume, sur disque compact, contient cinq petites histoires plus amusantes les unes que les autres. Musique, effets sonores, rires... tout y est. Préalablement publiées en version livre aux Éditions La courte échelle, les cinq histoires, racontées...
20) Mud puddle
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It seems no matter where Jule Ann goes outside, a mud puddle "jumps" out on her. After numerous baths she decides to take a bar of her smelly yellow soap and throw it at the mud puddle. It works and the puddle runs away.