Best Selling Books by Laura Leuck

For just one day, I''d like to be a busy, buzzing bumble...BEE! What child hasn''t pretended to be a monkey, a bear, or a bumblebee? After imagining the fun of being a variety of animals from around the world, a sweet ending reminds little ones that the very best thing they can be is exactly who they are.

My monster mama loves me so! Let me tell you how I know: When I wake up, she tweaks my nose, tickles all my pointy toes, combs the cobwebs from my bangs, and makes sure that I brush my fangs.... At once tender and funny, this monster bedtime story is guaranteed to generate giggles, tickles, and plenty of monster hugs.

From the crow''s nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest pirate of them all: his loving and tender dad.

A witch goes around to her fiendish friends--from two cats to ten werewolves--to gather the ingredients to make gruesome stew for her party, and then must send out invitations to all for her stew party. Reprint.

A loving bunny soothes her child to sleep in this quiet bedtime book.

Twenty-six monsters go to school and learn their letters as each one''s name starts with another letter of the alphabet.

A teeny, tiny mouse and his mommy point out objects of various colors all around their teeny, tiny house.

A bedtime rhyme for baby monsters and other spooky creatures.

There are lots of things this beastly brother does to annoy his younger brother. After all, there are games that involve poison ivy and hide-and-shriek! But beastly or not, this big brother is not as mean and tough as he seems. Laura Leuck''s frolicking rhyme about a sibling relationship is matched perfectly with Scott Nash''s awfully fun illustrations.

After guessing the identity of each animal before turning the page, the reader pretends to be a porcupine, bear, crocodile, and bumblebee.

Mack and Zack are getting ready for Christmashanging up their smelly socks and blistertoe, decorating their dead pine tree, making poisonberry pies. Here in the rollicking rhyme of Laura Leuck and the gruesomely silly illustrations of Gris Grimly, is a truly memorable Christmas tale. Mack and Zack may be monsters, but their excitement is the same as that of children the world around. Come join the celebrations in Monster Town!

A student describes all the things that his creature teacher does at school.

"The busy, jelly bean-colored paintings show such typical infant activities as dressing, playing and bathing . . . young kids will like the focus on the familiar, not to mention the objects to count, and many parents may appreciate the upbeat sibling relationship."--"Booklist."

La vie de pirate n''est pas de tout repos. Il est vrai que c''est une vie pleine d''aventures abracadabrantes, mais il faut aussi travailler dur et ne pas craindre le danger. Pour un jeune marin robuste dont le papa est pirate, la houle est normale et le bateau est sa maison. Son papa pirate est un personnage plutt bourru, mais il a bon coeur. Il est en fait le papa le plus adorable qui ait jamais command le Jolly Rogers!

Quel enfant n''a jamais imaginé qu''il était un singe, un crocodile ou un bourdon ? Dans la peau de quel animal va-t-on retrouver le héros ? D''images en jeux de mots, chaque page recèle son lot de surprises...

A witch goes around to her fiendish friends--from two cats to ten werewolves--to gather the ingredients to make gruesome stew for her party.

Rhyming text and illustrations describe the day''s end as a mother puts her child to bed.

Tombe le soir, vient la nuit. Petit Lapin doit aller au lit. Le soleil est couché, il fait tout noir, Maman Lapin raconte des histoires.

Les petits monstres aiment aussi leur maman ! Un mignon petit monstre vert raconte les meilleurs moments passés avec sa maman : au réveil, au petit déjeuner, à la piscine, au jardin... jusqu''à l''heure du coucher