A joyful board book about family love from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! Big or small, Furry or not, Here or there, Inside or out, Everyone hugs all over the world. With its loving, simple text and bold, beautiful artwork, this is a perfect board book for baby showers, first birthdays, or a baby's first first holidays. And it's not just about hugging! Little ones can learn about opposites and about animals and their habitats in this story too. Mega-selling author and artist Felicia Bond has crafted a charming book filled with animals hugging across the globe that celebrates the universality of love.
Little Mouse and Big Bear live on opposite ends of the same road, and they both would like a friend. But every morning, Little Mouse and Big Bear pass by each other, unnoticed. Until one day, their eyes meet! It's a little awkward at firs—as most new friendships can be—but soon enough they're sipping warm tea together in Big Bear's cozy home, and making plans to meet again the following Sunday. When a nasty storm blows into town will it wreck everything they've built? This tale of friendship and bravery will warm your heart like a cookie and a warm drink shared with a friend.
Little Mouse is a friendly mouse but seems to get himself in some tight spots. He has many friends and loves to have fun. Adventures are his favorite thing. Come inside and follow his trail to see where he will take you. Nine chapters of fun.
For fans of Guess How Much I Love You comes a story about just how much a hug can mean - to the giver and the receiver. There are so many different types of hugs and, as an expert hug-giver, Millie knows them all. There is the Hello-l'm-happy-to-see-you hug, the I'm-Sorry hug and the Goodbye hug, to name a few. But what happens when Millie loses her hug? How can she find it? Luckily, her friends are ready to help. This is a story about giving hugs, getting hugs and making sure the people that matter most to you know they're loved.
Little Mouse is anxious to leave the mouse hole and venture out into the world. Mother and Father Mouse have warned him of the dangers outside the mouse hole, but Little Mouse ignores their concerns. Out in the world, Little Mouse encounters those dangers and learns to appreciate life in the mouse hole with a family who loves you.
There once was a slug, / needing someone to hug. When Slug happens upon a lonely beetle, he knows just what to do. He gives him a big hug—and then the two friends decide to pass it along. They meet Mouse, who's down in the dumps, Skunk, who's a bit smelly, and more and more animals, until their group hug stretches wide and tall. But when Bear comes along, will there be enough hug to share? This delightful picture book encourages kindness and goes to show "that a hugger finds happiness 'longside the hugged!"
A mouse who is small in size, but big in heart takes centre stage in John McEwan-Whyte’s debut children’s book. Frederick the mouse resides in the famous Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum along with his best friend, Jeremy the elephant. Using his quick wit, mischievous nature and cheeky grin, Frederick finds new adventures everywhere, all under the watchful eye of the museum janitor, Henry. In Davinci’s Desk, Frederick investigates the appearance of a new exhibit to the museum; the very desk that Leonardo Davinci used to create his artistic masterpieces. One priceless broken drawer later and Frederick finds himself transported to 15th century Florence, where he falls under the care of the great thinker himself. As readers follow the large-eared explorer on his journey, they learn more about the famed Davinci, how Frederick played an important part in the creation of the most famous painting in the world and how important friendship is to a person whether they be a bushy-bearded inventor or a cheese-inclined mouse. Frederick the Mouse is a heartwarming tale of adventure and friendships, which also covers interesting subjects ranging from Italian phrases to mathematical ratios. Readers are left with more knowledge than when they embarked upon the adventure of a lifetime with their new favourite character, Frederick the mouse. Designed to be a book for young readers to grow up with, Frederick the Mouse contains a number of beautiful illustrations that will captivate readers’ attention. It will appeal to a wide range of young readers, particularly those that enjoy animal and adventure stories.
Shamus Reilly lives in County Donegal, a little mouse who has a really good heart. Through tragedy and the loss of all his possessions, he decides to move to England and live in a house with his cousins, who had moved there some years previously. However, one Danny Lamprey swaps his ticket to Oxford and instead of going to Oxford to be with his cousin's, poor Shamus ends up in Gillingham in Kent. Great courage and determination sees Shamus through in the end. Along the way he meets several new mice, dogs and other animals. Then there is Harold Turner-Broom, once a pest control agent, will Shamus and his new wife make all the way. With the help of new friends and a way of melting the most hardened heart, Shamus wins through in the end. A story that will warm any heart.
