Polly Dunbar
1) Dog Blue
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Description
Bertie, who loves the color blue and really wants a dog, finally gets his wish even though the dog he meets is white with black spots.
2) Red Red Red
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Every toddler feels frustrated sometimes, every toddler gets angry. They scream, they shout, they see red red red. Now, Polly Dunbar brings us the perfect picture story book to share with those little ones overwhelmed by their emotions; a true-to-life, upbeat story about a toddler tantrum that offers a meditative way to calm them down. "Why not count to ten?" Mum suggests to her son. "One. Two. Three."
3) Penguin
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Ben is delighted to receive a penguin for his birthday but Penguin will not answer or respond to him in any way, no matter what Ben does, until, at last, they discover the language of friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"One night, Arthur has an amazing dream about a pink-and-green boat with a striped mast and beautiful figurehead. He tries to tell his family about it when he wakes up, but no one (not even the dog!) is interested. In fact, they don't even notice the boat on his head, growing larger and larger by the minute! Soon, Arthur is bouncing along the waves in his very own dream boat. Maybe now his family will listen to him!"--Dust jacket.
6) Pretty Pru
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Pru the chicken finds that her animal friends want to look pretty just like she does.
7) Hello, Tilly
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Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Tilly and her animal friends have lots of fun living and playing together in a little yellow house.
9) The hug
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In this clever flipbook, both a hedgehog and a tortoise are looking for a hug to cheer them up. They ask all the other animals they come across but for some reason no one will hug them. Until a wise owl explains: Hedgehog is too spiky; Tortoise is too bony. And that's when they find each other. Follow Hedgehog's story and then filp the book and read Tortoise's until they meet in the middle.
10) Can bears ski?
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels the floor shake when someone stomps to get his attention - but something is missing. Little Bear is not sure what is happening. All around him he hears the familiar refrain: "Can bears ski?" Then Dad Bear takes him to see an audiologist and they learn that Little Bear has been experiencing deafness. With new hearing aids, he discovers that "Can bears ski?" is actually "Can you hear me?" His new world...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A collection of poems for children with the various themes of self, family, going outside, and when it is time for bed. This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one's library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured. Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston Hughes to A. A. Milne. Greeting the...
12) The kiss
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In this flip-book, both a tiger and a crocodile are looking for a goodnight kiss. The other animals are not forthcoming. Will they ever get a kiss?
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Lizzie is missing her Mom and looking after Dad by letting him follow his newfound whimsy. What's behind it all? It's the great human bird competition.
15) Measuring angels
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Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Two girls who don't get along are given a sunflower seed by their teacher to grow together, but after watching the disappointing results they decide to make a cardboard angel to watch over it.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Everyone's favourite (socially distanced) characters return to help us through this challenging period. Hedgehog is waiting for his friend Tortoise to wake up. But where is he and when will he wake? Hedgehog's friends are all very lovely, but they just aren't as much fun at the beach, or at hide and seek, or at holding hands, or at hugs. Tortoise begins to stir - the one boulder that Hedgehog didn't think he could lift to turn . . . Tortoise has...
19) Shoe baby
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A baby takes a journey in a shoe and after visiting the zoo, flying, and inviting the Queen to tea, he falls asleep and awakens to two very big surprises.
20) The roar
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Series
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"Tortoise is not having a good day and now hes stuck in a hole and and is far too cross for hugs. Hedgehog sits and waits and then makes Tortoise laugh taking the time to let the moment pass, and acknowledge how Tortoise feels."--Provided by publisher.