Big Little Monkey
"Chee-chatta-chee!" A sweet, funny tale of a small monkey's first swings toward independence — and his new appreciation of the comforts of home
Early one morning in the big mango tree, Little Monkey wakes up and finds his whole family still asleep. Is Little Monkey brave enough and big enough to go find someone else to play with? He thinks so! And …
Doors in the Air
Doors in the Air is the story of a boy who is fascinated by doors. He marvels at how steppingthrough a doorway can take him from one world to another. He is especially enthralled by thedoors of his imagination, which he refers to as "doors in the air." He delights in discovering that whenhe passes through these doors, he leaves behind all feelings …
Doors, doorsThat's all I knowLook for the doorsWherever you goJust close your eyes tight And reach out your handThen slip through a doorTo a faraway land
Follow That Hat
In this wonderful story, Pratt does some of his best work. The simple, slightly sardonic text relates Leon's heroic attempts to recover his favorite hat after it is whisked off his head by a gust of wind. His hat remains elusive in spite of Leon's energetic pursuit in a taxi, on his bicycle, with an express train, an ocean liner and through the Am …
Le chien qui ne sentait rien
Truffette n'a pas d'odorat. Les autres chiens adorent renifler les fleurs et les poubelles, mais pour Truffette, tout cela n'a aucun sens. Le résultat : la pauvre chienne n'a pas d'amis et elle s'ennuie. Un jour, la chienne déménage à la campagne. Dès son arrivée, elle rencontre une jolie mouffette. Pssstt! Celle-ci arrose Truffette avant de …
Le garçon qui avala le monde (et la petite fille qui le sauva)
Horace Vorace est un géant. Déjà, à l'âge de quatre ans, il lui faut 140 hamburgers et 200 verres de lait en guise de collation. À sept ans, il ingurgite des villes et des continents entiers et boit des lacs et des océans. Cela n'amuse pas Sarah... Il a même avalé son chien! Alors qu'il ne reste que le Japon, Horace annonce tristement à S …
Leon sans son chapeau
Sophisticated and humorous, this is the story of one man's determination to retrieve his hat from a wild wind.
"With his dark but vivid colors and surrealistic forms, Pratt is undoubtedly one of the most original of the many gifted children's illustrators Quebec has given us in the last decade." -Quill & Quire
Les fantasies de l'oncle Henri
Winner of both the Governor General's Award and the Mr.Christie's Book Award, this story proves that dinner is always exciting when Uncle Henry comes to visit, especially when he shows up wearing a shirt entirely covered with tiny colored chickens!
Monsieur Iletaitunefois
A little man called Mr. Once-upon-a-time always interrupts everyone's storytime, so the townspeople decide to throw him in jail, only to find that their stories aren't as amusing anymore.
Mr. Once-upon-a-time is a wonderfully comical story about storytelling. This is the third collaboration from Rémy Simard and Pierre Pratt that delivers a high- …
Mr. Once-Upon-A-Time
A little man called Mr. Once-upon-a-time always interrupts everyone's storytime, so the townspeople decide to throw him in jail, only to find that their stories aren't as amusing anymore.
Mr. Once-upon-a-time is a wonderfully comical story about storytelling. This is the third collaboration from Rémy Simard and Pierre Pratt that delivers a high- …
Skunkdog
Dumpling is a dog of enormous enthusiasm, excellent obedience skills - and no sense of smell. She doesn't care about flowers, garbage, or any of the other smelly things most dogs enjoy. As a result, Dumpling has no dog friends. With a useless nose, she can't relate. Dumpling is lonely . . . until she and her people move to the country. And then the …
That New Animal
A new baby changes everything . . . for two dogs FudgeFudge does not like that new animal. Marshmallow does not like it either. Not even a little bit. So begins this forthright, hilarious, and boldly illustrated story about two dogs that see the arrival of a new baby as a huge problem. They don't like the way that new animal smells or the way the p …
The Boy Who Ate the World
Herman Oof is a giant. Sarah is a girl. Herman needs 140 hamburgers and 200 glasses of milk for a snack. Sarah does not. Herman takes to swallowing up entire cities and continents and drinking up lakes and oceans. Sarah is not amused. Herman has eaten her dog.
When the island of Japan is all that's left of the world, Herman confesses that he might b …
The Ladder
A curious ladder inadvertently becomes a pathway to the clouds in this droll, interactive translation of an enchanting Danish poem.
So first it did a little dance,
then it did a little prance,
then, as nicely as you please,
it waddled off with stiff red knees.
Once there was a jaunty ladder, abandoned by a mysterious carpenter, that sprung to lif …
The Magic Boot
This is the hilarious story of a boy whose feet play an unexpected role in world geography. Pipo's feet grow so fast that he wins races just by standing still, but a good fairy takes pity on him, giving him a pair of magic boots that will grow when watered. After negotiating a trade with a child-eating ogre, Pipo is separated from his beloved foot …
Uncle Henry's Dinner Guests
Winner of both the Governor General's Award and the Mr.Christie's Book Award, this story proves that dinner is always exciting when Uncle Henry comes to visit, especially when he shows up wearing a shirt entirely covered with tiny colored chickens!
