Recommendations based on "A Beautiful World"

Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things are. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.

Swallows And Amazons

Rod Campbell's bestselling and much loved classic picture book, Dear Zoo. What kind of pet would you like from the zoo? An elephant, a lion, a snake - or something a bit smaller, and cuddlier and playful? Lift the flaps and see what has been sent - it's bound to be a surprise! And just when you think they'll NEVER get it right, they send the very best, most perfect pet of all . . . A bestselling lift-the-flap book for more than twenty-five years, Dear Zoo is a perennial favourite and is regarded as a classic. Rod Campbell is the creator of many brilliant novelty books for babies and toddlers including ABC Zoo, Farm Babies, Farm Chase, Farm 123 and Noisy Farm as well as Dear Zoo, regarded as a classic. Other books by Rod Campbell: Dear Santa; Dear Zoo; ABC Zoo; Oh Dear!; It's Mine!; I'm Hungry!; I Won't Bite!; Baby's Busy Book; My Presents; Noisy Farm; Farm 123; Farm Babies; Buster's Day; Buster's Zoo; Here's Buster, but Where's Teddy?; Buster Goes to Playschool; Buster Gets Dressed; Buster Keeps Warm; Buster's Bedtim; The Pop-Up Farm; The Pop-Up Jungle

Now an exciting new theatre production! Dinosaurs have taken over the Earth! They're stomping and stamping because the planet is full of rubbish. Will they find a way to bring back the beauty of the planet, or will the rubbish smoulder and burn forever? Young readers will love this classic environmental tale from bestselling author/illustrator Michael Foreman OBE. This re-edition of the bestselling 1972 book is a true fable for our time, and as relevant today as it was when it was first published.

In David Wiesner's whimsical and elegant New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medal-winner, the events of a delightfully unpredictable Tuesday invite readers to find the potential for the wondrousness in every day. It begins on Tuesday evening, when the frogs suddenly start to float. . . . Thrill to the humorous cascading adventures that follow in a celebration of possibility unbounded--and of unexpected cause and effect. From the genius of international superstar and three-time Caldecott Medalist David Wiesner, this entertaining, thought-provoking, and nearly-wordless tale unrolls with the precision and clarity of a silent movie. Engaging for all ages, this beloved and innovative classic is a perfect gift to enthrall the young and the young at heart.

A blue crayon mistakenly labeled as "red" suffers an identity crisis in this picture book by the New York Times–bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo and It's an Orange Aardvark! Funny, insightful, and colorful, Red: A Crayon's Story, by Michael Hall, is about being true to your inner self and following your own path despite obstacles that may come your way. Red will appeal to fans of Lois Ehlert, Eric Carle, and The Day the Crayons Quit, and makes a great gift for readers of any age!Red has a bright red label, but he is, in fact, blue. His teacher tries to help him be red (let's draw strawberries!), his mother tries to help him be red by sending him out on a playdate with a yellow classmate (go draw a nice orange!), and the scissors try to help him be red by snipping his label so that he has room to breathe. But Red is miserable. He just can't be red, no matter how hard he tries! Finally, a brand-new friend offers a brand-new perspective, and Red discovers what readers have known all along. He's blue! This funny, heartwarming, colorful picture book about finding the courage to be true to your inner self can be read on multiple levels, and it offers something for everyone.

A stuffed buffalo, a plush stingray, and a plastic ball venture outdoors and discover snow for the very first time in this delightful wintry picture book. Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic—the toys from the beloved chapter books Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party, and Toys Come Home—are back in a glorious full-color picture book, perfect for gift-giving this holiday season. Acclaimed author Emily Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Paul Zelinsky have created a book destined to become a classic.   Children who have loved listening to the Toys trilogy, as well as those meeting the toys for the very first time, will be thrilled to see Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic venture outdoors to play in the snow. Together the toys build a snowman, make snow angels, and, when day is done, head back inside their cozy house and wait for the return of the Little Girl.

GOOD GRIEF! Life isn’t always easy for Charlie Brown. Between that pesky kite-eating tree, a complete lack of valentines in the mailbox, and his troubles on the pitcher’ s mound it can be downright disheartening! Fortunately he has Snoopy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, and the Peanuts gang to make the big world seem a lot friendlier. Now, for the first time in book form and in full-color, It’s a Big World, Charlie Brown presents a brand-new collection of your old favorites. It’s just like peanuts–nobody can read just one!

From the Eisner-nominated author of Bea Wolf comes a cartoon-illustrated middle grade novel starring a ferociously unadventurous kid who is dragged into the hilarious misadventures of his friends and family. Eleven-year-old Sawyer Lee descends from an endless lineage of tiresomely adventurous people—explorers, rocket scientists, revolutionaries, pirates, captains of industry, movie stars. Even as the story begins, his mother and father are away on some expedition to, oh, was it the Marianas Trench? Space? Sawyer isn’t interested—you see, he has decided that after thirty generations of hard effort, it’s time for this bloodline to spend one lifetime on the proverbial couch. Or, in Sawyer’s case, on an actual couch at his friend Gary’s house, while screen-addicted Gary plays video games hour after hour and Sawyer eats candy and looks at magazines filled with pictures of boats. Sawyer’s one desire is a life resolutely devoid of struggle, ambition, or anything else that might interfere with his plans to do nothing and go nowhere. The problem is that he keeps getting caught up in the exhausting expectations of his domineering aunt Celia, his complex relationship with his hyper-ambitious other friend, Angela, and the enflamed passions of everybody else in town regarding winning the prize sash at its yearly festival—The Gourd Thump, Ovelaville’s annual celebration for nature’s dullest vegetable. In this story of cheating, betrayal, mystery, husbandry, and an imaginary love triangle, Sawyer knows he will have to invest a regrettable amount of time and energy into escaping all his entanglements and finding a way back to his happy place on Gary’s couch, with a cozy throw blanket, some candy, and an empty schedule. Illustrated throughout with over a hundred black-and-white cartoons from the author, Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home is a gut-busting comedy of errors, eccentricities, and everyday antics starring a titular hero who would rather be anything but heroic.

Missus Ursula, the Sunday school teacher, takes her Sunday school class on a nature walk to appreciate God's bright and beautiful creation. Includes a sheet of colorful stickers!