Helen Oxenbury

Peter Bently's unique mix of rhyming verse, storytelling, and humor is a surefire hit with young readers. In King Jack and the Dragon, Jack, his toddler brother Caspar, and his friend Zack build a make-believe fort capable of stopping the attacks of fire-breathing dragons and all sorts of other beasties. But as playtime draws to a close and his knights get carried away by marauding parents, Jack discovers that defending a magical fort is more fun...

Because his toy monkey Pippo keeps falling off the back of his bike, Tom envies Stephanie for having a big new bike with a passenger seat at the back.

The birthday child's animal friends bring ingredients and help make a birthday cake.

When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town. Presented in English and Nepali.

A book about friendship, new beginnings and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

A young boy imagines what life will be like when his new sibling arrives.

Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone.