Best Selling Books by Edith Thacher Hurd

A simple introduction to the appearance, growth, habits, and behavior of starfish.

Johnny had a bad cold and the medicine he took as well as the dreams he had were terrible.

Until his father brings him some rubber boots, a young lion searches for ways to entertain himself on a rainy day.

The story of a bulldozer ''who was very bad when he was mad'' but he co-operated beautifully when he was told he could lead the parade when the highway was finished.

Simple facts and pictures introduce fourteen familiar American birds.

The cat tries to entice the mouse out of his house, and later when he does come out, chases him, but cannot follow him back into his house.

After Catfish has thoroughly irritated the important citizens of Nevermind, he redeems himself by capturing bank robbers.

When Carl the cat is left at home while the family goes on a picnic, he goes to sleep and dreams that he is on the picnic and having all kinds of adventures.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie buy all the proper equipment and go on a camping trip, sleeping and cooking outdoors and fishing in a river.

When Nikko, a young boy living on one of the Greek islands, finds a sick pelican and and restores him to health, the bird, Tomas, brings him and his family luck until Tomas is stolen and Nikko and Old Gregorio must find a way to get him back.

Miss Mugs comes to stay with Suzie, and washes everything in sight, then finds nothing clean enough for her taste when they go the zoo.

An introduction to the migration, mating, and seashore life of the brown and white sandpiper.

Wilson''s painting of the world gets so cluttered with people and machines, he has to begin again. Grades 2-4.

Mr. Charlie likes eggs so much that he wants to raise chickens, but first he must build them a proper home.

Young Tom Cartwright finds adventure and intrigue as a printer''s apprentice in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1775.

When young Joe tries to catch a fox for a pet he gets a lion instead and must learn that neither is the right pet for him and that he cannot find the right one until he learns no pet likes to be kept in a box.

Two little gardeners plant a garden in the spring, tend to it all summer, and pick the vegetables when they are ripe.

A young girl visits with her grandparents who feel the best day is a noisy day.

A cat-and-mouse game is played out by a clever mouse named Baby and his would-be nemesis, George.

A baby sea otter is born in a harbour on the shore of the Pacific. His explorations of the harbour, the ocean and the land form a story about the adventures of growing-up. Edith Thacher Hurd is the author of over 100 children''s books including The Mother Whale and Under the Lemon Tree.

Describes a year in the life of a mother deer from the birth of her fawns to her mating again and the birth of another set of fawns.

Describes the yearly cycle of a mother screech owl as she hatches her eggs, raises her young, and mates again.

Describes the dependent relationship of a joey to his mother until he grows old enough to leave her and join a kangaroo mob of his own.

Describes the relationship of a mother and baby chimpanzee.

Traces five years in the life of a mother whale as she gives birth to a calf, cares for him, mates, and finally gives birth again.

The various members of a family react to the death of their dog.

Joe is surprised to see a live dinosaur when he digs a hole with his backhoe.