Dori Chaconas

A possum and a muskrat become friends despite their many differences.

Cork and Fuzz

A father takes his infant daughter for a sleigh ride on a winter's morning.

On a Wintry Morning

This is a calamitous tale in which a slamming door begins by waking the cat and results in total and utter chaos! This amusing tale from talented writer Dori Chaconas, with its clever rhyme and warm illustrations, will entertain all the family. When the dog slams the door a riotous chain of events is set off, culminating in a grand chaos of bees, a bear, Mum's ruined yarn and Dad covered in feathers. Will that dog ever learn not to slam the door! This is a hilarious cause-and-effect story. It features a rhyming text by up-and-coming talent Dori Chaconas that's perfect for reading aloud. It includes cosy, homespun illustrations by Society of Illustrators Gold Medallist Will Hillenbrand.

Don't Slam the Door!

The cows have come back to the family home, to be together around the Christmas tree. But while dancing the Cowpoke Polka, Moosha crashes through the floor! She is stuck, right in the only place the tree can go. Will Christmas even come this year?

When Cows Come Home for Christmas

From the very moment Tully sees Frill, he's in love–and he's determined to marry her. Proposing marriage isn't the problem, but Frill can't ever quite give him an answer. Is Frill just playing coy? Or is the over-eager Tully not giving her a chance to reply? Like it's classic cousin Froggy Went A-Courtin, this charming tale about courtship and marriage will have even the youngest listeners thinking about wedding bells!

Mousie Love

When her shivering baby is born on a cold winter night, a mouse follows some animals to a special manger where she receives help from another mother, in a heartwarming Nativity story by the author of One Little Mouse.

Christmas Mouseling

Lilting rhymes in a question-and-answer format tell the story of a young boy eager to introduce his world to his mother and baby sister.

Momma, Will You?

Coriander the contrary hen sits, refusing to move, in the middle of the road causing a traffic jam until one clever little girl comes up with a solution.

Coriander the Contrary Hen

Cork is a muskrat. Fuzz is a possum. Cork eats only veggie stuff. Fuzz eats beetles and worms. Cork likes to play hide-and-seek. Fuzz likes to play find-and-eat. Cork and Fuzz have nothing in common. Or do they?

Best Friends

Cork is a short muskrat who likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz is a tall possum who also likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz tries to collect a ÒstoneÓ from a duckÕs nest and, in turn, the mama duck tries to collect him. Will Cork be able to save his friend?

The Collectors

Little Bunny can sense something new in the air, and it smells like sunshine and warm breezes. "It smells like Easter!" his friends tell him. But Little Bunny wonders: what is Easter? So he sets out through the forest on an early spring day to find out.

Looking for Easter

A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.

Pennies in a Jar

The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

Short and Tall

Holly Meade

When the wind blows her hat into a sycamore tree, Virginnie, determined to retrieve it, tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures gathering behind her.

Virginnie's Hat

Eager to go on the rides at the county fair, Dinny Brown helps his parents finish their chores.

Hurry Down to Derry Fair

A cumulative, rhyming tale of a slamming door which wakes a cat, setting into motion an absurd chain of events and resulting in chaos.

Woodland animals, from two moles to ten opossums, offer to share their homes with a little mouse who is dissatisfied with his own.

One Little Mouse

Short-legged Cork is upset when tall Fuzz wins every game they play, until he learns that their friendship is more important than winning.

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