Peter Sís

So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sis -- invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!

A young boy who loves dragons goes with his parents to the Indonesian island of Komodo in hopes of seeing a real dragon. Includes factual information about the Komodo dragon.

As a little boy cleans up his room, he gives one word descriptions of the work his various toy trucks do, such as hauling, plowing, and loading. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

While taking a bath, a young boy is joined by all sorts of dinosaurs.

While at the beach, Mary and her mother see letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and more.

A young girl puts on costumes of different colors and imagines herself dancing on stage.

" Eric Carle Nick Bruel Lucy Cousins Susan Jeffers Steven Kellogg Jon Klassen Tom Lichtenheld Peter McCarty Chris Raschka Peter Sis Lane Smith Erin Stead Rosemary Wells Mo Willems Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book...

Matt, who loves fire trucks, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a fire truck, with one driver, two ladders, three hoses, and ten boots. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

Twelve-year-old Oliver tries to escape from pirates who take him to an island to find the ghost and treasure of Gentleman Jack.

Brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.