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Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
language (Andersen Press USA, Jan. 1, 2014)Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog are very lazy. They sit on the couch watching TV for days and days and days. They eat and eat and eat. They sleep and sleep and sleep. And when they wake up, they are surprised to find that the sofa shrunk! Their whole house seems to be shrinking! Or so they like to think. They set off to ask their relatives for help. Will they find the answers to their mystery? Or discover their problem was more about growing than shrinking?
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Hippospotamus
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Hardcover (21st Century, Aug. 1, 2012)Hippopotamus had a spotamus... on her bottomus!"It's Measles!" said Weasel."It's Hippopox!" said Fox."It's Jungle Fever!" said Beaver.But in the end the spotamus turned out to be something hilariously unexpected!
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Hippospotamus
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
eBook (Andersen Press USA, Jan. 1, 2014)Hippopotamus had a spotamus . . . on her bottomus! "It's a blister!" said her sister. "It's measles!" said Weasel. "It's hippopox!" said Fox. But in the end the spotamus turns out to be something hilariously unexpected!
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Susan Laughs
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Sept. 1, 2000)Susan laughs, she sings. she rides, she swings.She gets angry, she gets sad, she is good, she is bad...Told in rhyme, this story follows Susan through a series of familiar activities. She swims with her father, works hard in school, plays with her friends -- and even rides a horse. Lively, thoughtfully drawn illustrations reveal a portrait of a busy, happy little girl with whom younger readers will identify. Not until the end of the story is it revealed that Susan uses a wheelchair.Told with insight, and without sentimentality, here is an inspiring look at one spunky little girl whose physical disability is never seen as a handicap.
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Chicken Clicking
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Paperback (Andersen Press, Sept. 1, 2015)A timely and cautionary tale about the perils of misusing the internetOne night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer—CLICK—soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems. . . Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.
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Fly, Chick, Fly!
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
eBook (Andersen Press USA, Jan. 1, 2014)In the middle of a wood there is a chick who will not fly. "Not I!" she cries to Mother Owl and Father Owl. She flaps, she flips, she flops, and she hops back into the nest. Time passes and seasons change, but still she refuses to fly. Will she ever learn to let go and soar up into the open sky?
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Boa's Bad Birthday
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
eBook (Andersen Press USA, Aug. 1, 2014)It is Boa's birthday. It is going to be the best one ever. Or so he hopes. He invites his friends round. They will all bring him wonderful presents. . . .or will they?
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Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Paperback (Andersen Press, April 1, 2012)From an award-winning picture book team comes a hilarious alien's eye-view of Earth babies "Good morning, class. Today we are going to learn about Earthlets." In this way Dr Xargle, our friendly alien teacher, begins to teach his class about humans and babies. "Earthlets grow fur on their heads but not enough to keep them warm. They must be wrapped in the hairdo of a sheep." This is a hysterically funny book, with a particularly wry look at the way we bring up babies: look out for the "egg-mangle"—you may never want to eat eggs again.
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Tadpole's Promise
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Paperback (Andersen Press, Oct. 1, 2018)"Where the willow meets the water, a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes and fell in love. 'Promise me that you will never change', the caterpillar says." And foolishly, the tadpole promises. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms—and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad, digesting the butterfly he has just eaten, he little realizes that now he will never know!
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Earth Tigerlets, as Explained by Professor Xargle
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, May 2, 1991)The alien Professor Xargle explains all about Earth Tigerlets, known on this planet as felines
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Dr Xargle's Book Of Earth Hounds
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
eBook (Andersen Digital, Sept. 30, 2014)"Good morning, class. Today we are going to learn about Earth Hounds. Earth Hounds have fangs at the front and a waggler at the back. To find out which is which, hold a sausage at both ends."Dr Xargle is instructing his class of small fellow aliens on the nature and habits of the earth creatures known to us as dogs.
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Boa's Bad Birthday
Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross
Paperback (Andersen Press, Aug. 23, 2016)Discover the ultimate unwanted birthday gift in this hilarious story from the award-winning Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.It was Boa's birthday. It was going to be the best one ever. Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round.They would all bring him wonderful presents.Or would they?A hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
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