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A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe and Michael Glenn Monroe
An old pine tree is downcast when he realizes that, after being repeatedly passed over every year, he has become too overgrown to be anyone’s Christmas tree.
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser
When Mr. Squirrel is woken up by something falling on his tree, he’s shocked to find the big, round, yellow moon (which looks suspiciously like a giant wheel of cheese) on a branch.
Animalium by Jenny Broom and Katie Scott
Ambitiously pitched as a natural history museum in a book, Animalium
If I Were a Lion by Sarah Weeks and Heather M. Solomon
Any child who has ever been accused of running wild (wrongly or rightly) will be tickled by the spunky little girl in If I Were a Lion
Pssst! by Adam Rex
For one little girl, a trip to the zoo turns out more ‘interactive’ than planned when, one by one, the animals approach her to procure various oddjects for them (yes, the animals can talk and they are pretty persuasive too!).
1 Hunter by Pat Hutchins
In this wildly entertaining counting book, animal camouflage is the name of the game while the oblivious lone hunter (1 Hunter
One Too Many by Gianna Marino
Gianna Marino‘s stunning gouache art takes centre stage in this almost-wordless seek-and-find counting book set in the barnyard. Designed for slightly older kids, the reader should have no trouble using his/her own observation and deduction skills to drive the simple but amusing storyline in this book, where every turn of the page sees not only the introduction of a new animal around the water trough where all the action takes place, but also more and more animals, i.e. one flea, two cows, three horses, five sheep, etc. Continue reading
Oi Frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field
According to a certain bossy, know-it-all cat, the hapless frog in this story ought to sit on a log (never mind that it’s nobbly and splintery). Meanwhile, he is himself self-righteously perched on a relatively more comfortable (un)welcome mat. In fact, if he has his way, gophers and hares will get to rest easy on sofas and chairs, while lions and storks have it much rougher (read: OUCH)!
1 to 20, Animals Aplenty by Katie Viggers
As one can surmise from the cover, this quirky book counts up to 20 and features that many types of animals, with some — for example cats, bears and birds — being further represented by a variety of species.
