Books with title I Don't Want to Grow Up!

A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes. Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem: Lily doesn't want to go!Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house, and realises that doing new things needn't be scary after all.From the Hardcover edition.

A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes. Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie's house for the day. Dad says she'll have lots of fun, but there's a problem: Lily doesn't want to go!Join Lily as she braves Melanie's house, and realises that doing new things needn't be scary after all.From the Hardcover edition.

The ninth hilarious title in the hugely entertaining and wildly popular Little Princess series by Tony Ross. "Why do I have to go to bed when I'm not tired," grumbles the Little Princess, "and get up when I am?" The Little Princess doesn't want to go to bed. And why should she when she isn't even tired? But the King and Queen are firm and, after several attempts at making her listen to them for once, she does indeed go to bed. But when the King goes in to kiss her goodnight, her bed is empty again! Where can she be?

Why do I have to go to bed when I'm not tired and get up when I am?" asked the Little Princess.Why indeed? Because the King and Queen know best, that's why. Never mind about spiders and monsters, never mind another glass of water, it's time to go to bed! But when the Little Princess finally goes and the King comes in to kiss her goodnight...she's gone! Where could the Little Princess be this time?

A resistant Lily discovers that new experiences don’t need to be scary in this engaging, deftly told story certain to resonate with young children.One morning, Lily’s mom wakes up with a sore throat and achy head and needs to stay in bed. But Lily’s dad needs to go to work. Who will look after Lily? When Dad arranges for her to spend the day at Melanie’s house, Lily is none too happy. "Don’t want to go!" she says. Even though Melanie has a friendly dog named Ringo and a funny baby named Sam, Lily is shy and wants to sit under the table with her toy Bobbo. But maybe a chance to make silly collages, or feed Sam lunch, or hold Ringo’s leash might make her feel braver—and maybe she’ll start having so much fun she won’t want to leave at the end of the day! With illustrations that keenly convey emotion through the subtlest gesture, Shirley Hughes mines a familiar situation for its most genuine moments and creates a truly reassuring story for young children.

This is written by an 88 year old author looking back on his life. Hard as it may be for some to believe, he really did struggle, for the past 88 years trying to find out what he wanted to be when he grew up. He started out delivering Saturday Evening Post magazines, he delivered prescriptions, he worked as a banker, a commercial artist, a minister in the Church of Christ, and was even an administer with a Christian Collage. He cycled through some of these jobs repeatedly. His search for the thing that would satisfy required him to search. The book describes not only his search for a satisfying life's work, but also his adventures as a husband, and father of five boys, and one girl. Every life is filled with stories, and that is especially true with this work.