Julia Donaldson

This rollicking, rhyming tale from master storyteller Julia Donaldson is the perfect Halloween read-aloud for the youngest listeners. A friendly witch, hungry dragon, and muddy monster learn about friendship, and readers will delight in the surprising (and not too scary) ending.

Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand.

Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put in a fireplace, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.

A circular tale in which each new book character is reading about the next, beginning and ending with Charlie Cook.

Chack the blackbird and Apollo the swallow are fledgling friends. Apollo explains that he is practicing flying to Africa?but Chack doesn't believe him. Chack tells Apollo that the blossom on his favorite tree will eventually turn into orange berries?Apollo doesn't believe him. But, with the inevitable turning of the seasons, both birds learn to believe the other?and cement their friendship forever.

Spinderella the spider has a passion for football. She tries to play a match with her brothers and sisters but she doesn't know how many spiders should be on each team. Even worse, she can't count the goals! Luckily for Spinderella, her Hairy Godmother has a plan ...

Superworm's bug friends attempt to free him from the clutches of Wizard Lizard who, having heard of Superworm's wondrous and heroic deeds, captures him and forces him to dig for treasure.

A duckbilled dinosaur, accidentally raised by fierce tyrannosauruses who would eat duckbills if only they could reach them, tries to be like his "family" but finally gives up, runs away, and finds a real home with others of his kind.

An illustrated collection of twenty-three original songs by children's author and songwriter Julia Donaldson, brought to life by Axel Scheffler's warm and witty illustrations.

A hungry but finicky king wants Wobbly Bob as his new cook, but must pitch in to do everything the cook is afraid to do, from fishing to frying.