Most Popular Books by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

The biblical tale of the young sheperd who uses a slingshot to do battle with a giant and eventually becomes a king.

A retelling of the Slavic fairy tale in which the Month Brothers'' magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks which prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister.

What can you do with a shoe? You can put it on your ear or wear it on your head or butter it like bread or use apple jam instead! What can you do with a hat? You can fill it up with pickles or with popcorn or with glue. An octopus could rest in it, a bird could build a nest in it, a turtle be a guest in it. Or would a horse look best in it? These are samples of the questions and wonderfully silly, laugh-provoking answers in a game played by a little girl and boy dressed up i their parents clothes. On every page of this whimsically playful book, there are enchanting watercolor illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Inspired by the infectiously funny pictures and text, children will soon begin to make rhymes of their own about everyday things. Richly imaginative and wholly in tune with children''s high spirits and sense of play, What can you do with a show?, now issued in a new edition with full-color paintings, will be welcomed by young and old. It is a treasure.

Two groups of animals tell each other about the food and other things that they put in their pockets.

Counting verses explain how a family ended up with a dozen cats.

In these two plays about magic, a wicked witch imprisons a princess and a wizard transforms a boy into a cat.

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely woman wishes for company, music, and a party--and suddenly all her wishes start to come true. The story was inspired by a 1957 Life Magazine report.

In these verses for children, the author and illustrator "have created a little world complete in itself."

Expresses some of the simple joys, activities and wonders children find in the sun and its effects.

A collection of poems describing some of the joys and sorrows of friendship.

Amy''s wait outside the grocery store for her mother seems interminable, and she spends the time imagining the entire rest of her life.

A collection of jokes and humorous stories told by and about Abraham Lincoln. Grades 4-7.

Retells in verse the adventures of a little girl who meets a wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

Never satisfied with what he has, a man trades away a knife, a shoe, and even his wife, all the while wondering if he has made a good trade.

Describes, in text and illustrations, such special places as a cardboard box, a blanket cave, and other "houses" where one can retire for peace and privacy.

Recounts Willy O''Dwyer''s jumping journey that took him to the sun and back again.

Magnificent colored photograph of clowns, high-wire artists, acrobats and wild animals.

The friendship of Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse blossoms when they find something they both like to do.

A well-mannered little boy has permission to bring his animal friends to visit the king and queen.

Nine riddles contain clues in verse to well-known animals.

Penny, no larger than a penny, "brought delight into the old couple''s lonely life after they found her floating down the river on a leaf." - Book Buyer''s Guide.

Parodie du Petit chaperon rouge de Charles Perrault.

Qu''est-ce qu''on fait d''un soulier, d''une chaise ou d''un balai ? Et qu''est-ce qu''on fait d''un lit, d''une tasse ou d''un chapeau ? Tout le monde connaît la réponse !... C''est sans compter sur la fantaisie, l''humour et la poésie des deux malicieux héros créés par Béatrice Schenk de Regniers et Maurice Sendak, l''un des plus grands auteurs-illustrateurs de livres pour enfants.

Un enfant passe une semaine dans le pays d''un roi et d''une reine qui lui permettent d''inviter tous les amis qu''il veut. Et quels que soient ses amis : éléphant, girafe, lion...

Een jongetje wordt een week lang elke dag uitgenodigd door de koning en de koningin. Hij mag telkens een vriendje meenemen. Prentenboek met gedetailleerde, helder gekleurde platen en een eenvoudige tekst op rijm. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.

The book outlines a little girl''s wanting to be like her mother, but there are some things mothers do that little girls can''t do and some things little girls can do that their mothers can''t.

A little girl goes for a walk, greeting many animals on her way and meeting someone who becomes a new friend.

In this traditional folk rhyme the children catch all the animals, however, the illustrator has a surprise for the reader.

At the start a little girl is crying all alone, but at the end the little girl, two boys, and all the animals are laughing together.