Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck.

Little Hoot wants to go to bed early, like all of his friends do, and he is hopping mad when Mama and Papa Owl insist that he stay up late and play.

Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play until he is messy, as pigs should be.

Wonderful things are being invented every day in Al Pha's world-fire, the wheel, even shadows! His big chance to be part of history comes when the King announces that the twenty-six recently invented letters need to be put in order. Al makes a bet with himself that he's the man for the job. Through a series of funny events, he eventually finds the perfect order for the letters, and the king rewards him by naming his creation the "Alphabet."
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A little boy gets everything he asks for on Yes Day, a special day that only comes once a year.

Presents vocabulary words and life lessons, with cookie-baking as the theme of the book.

Baking cookies teaches us many lessons about the holiday season--and about life.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.