Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Animals - Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.

2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor Award

In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny - like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. The Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming details that nonsleepy children could examine for...

Review comments include:

"We love this book "

"Great children's book"

..".narrative was easy to follow"

..".wonderful book"

This is the second book in the series called the Safari Childrens Books on Good Behavior and is another delightful tale this time about a lion learning the importance of brushing his teeth.

With a mix of fun, humor and truth, children will watch Luc learning why his teeth should sparkle and be healthy.

Kids books on behavior are always a favourite with...

No. 3 in the King Aldo series The mysterious disappearance of the Queen's Heart, the biggest ruby in the world, has the administrators of the Animaland Museum worried. And what is stranger, the fairies don't seem to be worried at all, even though the wicked children of Troublemaker and Leonora, the king and queen of the lions, visited the museum days before the event. With the help of three new friends, the Flying Castle Patrol regroups to solve this mystery once and for all, but they face a more urgent challenge... Join the Flying Castle Patrol on this puzzling adventure Bilingual...

Gorgeously illustratedand includingtwo gatefoldsthat give us a panoramicjungle at war, "The Tiger Who Would Be King "is as entertaining as it is wise, as wry as it is passionate. Yoon's humorous images support this beautifully written text with wit and insight. Her final portrait of the tiger in a sea of silence will stay with the reader for a long, long time.

JooHee Yoon is an illustrator and printmaker. She strives to create picture books that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

James Thurber joined the staff of the "New Yorker "in 1927. His contributions to that magazine, both as...

When the good-natured Share the Lion, King of all the animals, sees his reflection in a pool of water, he gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him and is too frightened to drink - until finally, he learns to overcome his fear. Children learn through Share how to deal positively with the fears and inhibitions that so often arise from situations they may not yet understand.

This is one of a series of stories collected by Idries Shah - a Teaching-Story - used for hundreds of years in the East as an educational instrument to help children understand life. This story was...

When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel's island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub's anxious mother follows suit and endangers them all. Mr. Gupta, a rich newcomer to the island, is also searching--he wants to sell the cub's body parts on the black market. Neel and his sister, Rupa, resolve to find the cub first and bring her back to the reserve where she belongs.

The hunt for the cub interrupts Neel's preparations for an exam to win a prestigious scholarship at a...

Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Who Can? Daniel Can was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading And what better way to get kids excited than with a fun story with words they can actually read and starring their favorite tiger star?

Each Ready-to-Go Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to...

Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Who Can? Daniel Can was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading And what better way to get kids excited than with a fun story with words they can actually read and starring their favorite tiger star?

Each Ready-to-Go Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to...