Jan Brett
2) The hat
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters do not recognize her.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little dassies (also called rock hyraxes) build their houses in the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, hoping for protection from the eagle that lives atop a nearby mountain.
11) The turnip
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Badger Girl's delighted to find the biggest turnip she's ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she's unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.
12) Mossy
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.
13) Berlioz the bear
Author
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.
14) Armadillo rodeo
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Looking for adventure, Bo the armadillo follows a girl in red cowboy boots to the rodeo where he rides a bronco, eats chili peppers, and tries the two-step.
15) The umbrella
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella.
16) The first dog
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Kip the Cave Boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times, and when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.
17) Cozy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The coat of a huge wooly musk ox named Cozy is the winter home for a growing number of Alaskan animals who mostly get along.
19) On Noah's ark
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Noah's granddaughter helps him bring the animals onto the ark, calm them down, and get them to sleep.
20) Cozy in love
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Cozy the musk ox has a clever idea for how to save a trapped friend, his brave efforts help win the heart of the one he admires most."--
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