The identity of Mother Goose may remain a mystery, but the timeless appeal of the fairy tales and nursery rhymes associated with this cherished imaginary author has lasted for generations of young readers.
Almost daily playing with, and reading to small children, then listening to their insights, the author has realized how anachronistic her childhood became in the digital, cyberspatial age, and she decided to base the stories about Verunka on own recollections, meshing facts and fiction.
When a storm wrecks their ship off the coast of a deserted island in the East Indies, William, Elizabeth, and their four sons must rely on each other for survival.
The Tootings meet Ian Fleming's original eccentric family, the Potts, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon by Carnegie Medal-winning author, Frank Cottrell Boyce and illustrated by Joe Berger.
THE LITTLE MERMAID: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the tale of the youngest daughter of the Sea King, as she longs to know what life is like on land where a handsome prince lives in a castle.
Before he wrote 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', before the Baudelaires became orphans, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions.
When Scheherazade marries a ruthless king known for taking a new bride each night only to have his wife killed the next morning, she comes up with a clever plan to survive.