Jan Brett
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.
12) Mossy
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.
14) Daisy comes home
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
17) The Easter egg
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Hoppi the bunny wants to win the egg-decorating contest so the Easter Bunny will choose him to help distribute Easter eggs, but instead, while everyone else is working on their decorations, he finds himself guarding an egg that has fallen from a robin's nest.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little dassies (also called rock hyraxes) build their houses in the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, hoping for protection from the eagle that lives atop a nearby mountain.
19) The mermaid
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"--