Books with author Charlotte Cooke

A joyous celebration of nature and new life - the perfect book for nature-lovers everywhere! Come into the woods where the green leaves grow around and around - and high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping...Charlotte Voake's radiant art captures the wonder of a wood bursting into life. The simple and enchanting cumulative text is based on the traditional folk song "The Green Grass Grew All Around". Musically minded children will be delighted to discover a musical score at the end of the book.

Gerry Mouse is symbolic of all that is despised in the normal world. A mouse, like an indigent person, is unwanted in our day-to-day life. He is feared and believed to carry disease or harbor bugs. He chews away on our hard-earned, cherished valuables. Gerry Mouse is, thankfully, ignorant of the tainted beliefs that surround him as he views the world through woefully innocent eyes. Still, unlike Big Man, who has learned to numb himself against the slurs thrown by society, Gerry Mouse is confused and hurt by the feelings of sadness, loneliness, and emptiness that haunt him whenever he sees families who are fulfilled. But it is Gerry Mouse who is able to awaken the long-buried heart in Big Man. Through his efforts to help Gerry Mouse find happiness, Big Man mobilizes others like him and is left with a sense of gratitude and peace that can only come from giving.