picture books for children

Rather than a lemonade stand, Rufus sets up a story stand one summer and makes a series of trades with his friends--a story for a shell, for a kitten, for a surprise, and one more as a special birthday gift for his sister.

Bear and a family of ducks try to find the perfect home to share, but what suits the bear does not suit the ducks, and what suits the ducks does not suit Bear.

A little girl named Jenny has a grumpy day where she's not happy about anything, but she knows that tomorrow is another day.

Because a pesky rabbit picks peas from her garden, a little girl catches it and puts it in a box, but that doesn't solve the problem.

While waiting for their daughter to arrive at Paddington Station, Mr. and Mrs. Brown spot a small bear, recently arrived from darkest Peru, and take him home to join their family.

Little Theo loves her Poppa and is in awe of his trunk of maps, pictures, postcards, and other mementos from his days as an explorer. As Poppa's birthday approaches, Theo decides the perfect gift is an adventure that she and Poppa can go on together! She creates a map for them to follow, and then Theo and Poppa go to the beach where they stroll in the sand, collect stones, grab some gazpacho, and return with new things to put in the trunk.

An elderly grandfather bear and his adoring grandson share a special relationship.

After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

Monty the Lion is very proud of his mane, but when a crocodile nearly eats Monty's friends the meerkats and takes a bit out of Monty's mane, Monty learns that his friends are much more important than his looks.

Absentminded Mister Whistler, who always has a tune going on in his head, cannot remember what he did with his ticket--it is clenched, forgotten, in his teeth--so he dances around looking for it in all his pockets, while onlookers cheer him on thinking him to be performing for them as a show.