Matthew Cordell
2) Wish
Author
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When an elephant couple decides it is time to have a child, unexpected challenges arise but, at last, the pair's deepest wish comes true.
3) Bear Island
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better,...
4) Trouble gum
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Playing indoors with his little brother on a rainy day, a rambunctious young pig causes a ruckus and then breaks his mother's three chewing gum rules.
5) Hope
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
As a family grows, so does its capacity for love, for dreams, and for hope. Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future. -- from Amazon.
6) Explorers
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces his dad to buy a bird the man makes just for him. Once inside the museum, his little sister takes the bird and launches it into the air. Is it lost? Soon another boy helps him look, and the paper bird brings two families--and two new friends--together" --
7) Dream
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Follows a gorilla family as they imagine their baby's future.
9) Evergreen
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
10) King Alice
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Alice and her family are stuck indoors on a snowy day. Alice loves to read, and when her dad suggests that she make her own book, she snaps out of her "I'm bored" mode and makes up a story that lasts till the lights go out later that night. Here is a book that celebrates books, reading, and an imaginative way that one family handles being housebound. -- from Amazon.
11) Another brother
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Davy the sheep wishes he had time alone with his parents, as he did before his twelve brothers came along and started imitating his every move, but when his wish comes true Davy misses playing with the youngsters.
13) Mighty Casey
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The Delmar Dogs baseball team is terrible, especially Casey Jenkins, but with a little bit of faith in themselves, they finally manage to win a game.
17) Special delivery
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--
18) Follow that frog
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Aunt Josephine tells her niece Sadie the tale of her lifelong pursuit of a man-eating frog"--
20) Lost. found
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a bear loses his bright red scarf in the woods, it is found--and lost again--by a series of animals that use it to keep warm or to have fun, but they disagree over who really owns it and cause a problem that only the scarf's true owner can fix.
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