Books with author John Rowe

Cat and Bat, Hare and Bear, Frog and Hog, Duck and Goose, and Mouse and Moose are having fun playing hide and seek! Kids can play along with them by closing their eyes, counting to ten, and turning each page to the book�s next funny illustration. First, kids must find the Cat who is hiding in a field. His colors blend in with the many other details in this vividly colored illustration, so toddlers will have to look very carefully. Once they�ve found Cat, they can turn to the next page and seek out one more animal friend in hiding. Finally, at the story�s end, all the animals have been found and have returned home to rest. All except one�the little Mouse! But kids will find him in the very last picture when they lift the flap that opens the door on the old grandfather clock. Delightfully clever color illustrations fill every page.

""Baby Crow can't sing like the other members in his family--he just beeps. When Grandfather Crow discovers the problem--Baby Crow gobbled a cherry too fast and it got stuck in his throat--he dislodges it and Baby sings so loudly that the family wonders how to quiet him"".--School Library Journal. Honor Book, 1995 Storytelling World Awards. Full color.

Smudge is old now. But he has many stories to tell, and this is one of them. Long ago, before his tail became stiff like a broom handle, when Smudge was just a baby, he was spirited away from his sunny garden by a big bird who carried him back to her nest. Just as he was beginning to feel at home with the bird family, they flew away, leaving him all alone. That's only the beginning of the extraordinary adventures in store for Smudge, a hapless but wonderfully adaptable hero who relates his youthful odyssey with deliciously dry wit.

Grumpy Land got its name for one very simple reason: Every citizen, man and woman, old and young, poor and rich, is grumpy. Even the King and Queen and their five children are great big grumps. But that all changed with the birth of Prince Grumpy the Sixth. No one could explain the strange look on his face (it had been so long since anyone had seen a smile). Some thought he was ill; others chalked it up to a bad case of gas. Word of this mysterious child spread to all four corners of Grumpy Land, and before they realized it, the people were doing something they had never done before: smiling.

Cat and Bat, Hare and Bear, Dog and Frog, Duck and Goose et al are looking for a finder in their game of hide and seek. Do you want to play? Well close your eyes and make sure that you don't peep. One, two, three, four...Who's that hiding in the yard? He's sleek and Black with paws and claws. When you've found him turn the page...As each animal is found he or she joins in the game, until: the last one left has won the game. Who is it, who could the winner be? Why don't you lift the pot and see...