Most Popular Books by N. M. Bodecker

When disaster strikes in Beetle''s new community, he masterminds a plan to turn bad fortune into progress.

A married couple was envied for growing large veggies every year. This time they grew so large they didn''t know what to do with them.

"There once were four quimbles in a box: Quilliam, Quilice, Quint and the unstoppable Quenelope, each wearing a tall, pointed hat, and each no bigger than your little finger." Their box fell out of a car where the road winds through the forest, "...and that''s how the quimbles came to be in the woods." Thus begins the saga of the quimbles, the magical story of four little people''s survival in the sildnerness. Suddenly they faced with the oldest of dilemmas: how to find or make all the daily necessities most people take for granted. On their lonely trek through the woods, each discovers his or her special talents: building, weaving, serching for food, and finding unlikely things in unlikely places. They learn to cope with cold and hunger, to work and plan together, to cry on occasion without being ashamed, and to keep going when they would rather give up.

A woman frantically rushes to prepare for the fast-approaching winter while her husband sits idly by.

After getting caught in Miss Jaster''s spring planting, Hedgie the hedgehog discovers he has become a four-legged, walking flower garden. Originally published in 1972, "Miss Jaster''s Garden" is a "New York Times" Best Illustrated Children''s Book. Full color.

Traveling to the far side of the mountain for their big show, the members of a string quartet end up lost in this charming picture book by N. M. Bodecker. The Daffodil String Quartet has spent months preparing for their upcoming concert. Shining the instruments and practicing extra hard, they are certain this will be one of their best shows yet. But as they travel along the road in their small Italian car on the way to their concert on the far side of the mountain, one disastrous wrong turn leaves them lost in the mountains with no sense of direction. Will the Daffodil String Quartet make it to their concert, or will all of their hard work have been for nothing?

A collection of humorous poems involving word play and absurd animals and people.

A collection of light verse by the well-known Danish-American author and illustrator.

A dull summer turns into an exciting adventure when an antique toy soldier transports 4 children to the era of Ivanhoe

Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures back and forth through time.

A collection of light and humorous poems.

A woman frantically rushes to prepare for the fast-approaching winter while her husban sits idly by.

A collection of poems featuring such small creatures as the pollywog, snail, moth, and earthworm.

Absurd limericks by the well-known Danish American author and illustrator.

Richard Rabbit is reluctant to go to sleep (1st work) ; Various animals, each of whose names begins with a different letter of the alphabet, get ready for bed (2nd work).

O pai de Jane, Mark, Katharine e Martha morreu faz tempo, e a mãe deles trabalha demais. OS quatro irmãos estão de férias - e seriam dias chatíssimos, sem passeios nem viagens, se Jane não tivesse encontrado um objeto com poderes mágicos: uma moedinha que realiza desejos.AContece que a moeda só realiza metade de cada vontade, e a única saída é fazer o desejo em dobro. MAs as crianças percebem que a estratégia nem sempre dá certo e, às vezes, cria a maior confusão. ASsim eles vivem aventuras redobradas: provocam um incêndio, viajam para um deserto das Arábias, retornam aos tempos do Rei Artur e tumultuam toda a cidade.COm o talismã, os irmãos aprendem que a realização de um desejo não é tão simples quanto um passe de mágica. E Saem de tanta confusão transformadas, mais preparadas para a vida e atentas à magia comum presente no dia-a-dia e nas alegrias mais simples.O Americano Edward Eager (1911-64) decidiu começar a escrever histórias quando procurava livros para o filho pequeno. PUblicado em 1954, Mágica pela metade tornou-se um clássico e desde então nunca deixou de ser reeditado. FOi o primeiro de uma série de livros cujo traço mais original é a bem-humorada mistura do faz-de-conta com os problemas do cotidiano das crianças e da sua relação com os adultos.

Displaced form his meadow home, a musical mouse finds unusual lodging and a new career.