![]() ![]() ![]() A spare text tells the tale of a fire and the heroic firemen who rush to put it out, in The Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950) by Tibor Gergely, ""Quick! Connect the hoses! S-s-s-s! goes the water."" The rescuers swarm over each spread with reassuring efficiency. This pachyderm-cum-ugly-duckling story features richly hued artwork against white backgrounds. A happy little elephant named Sooki dances through the jungle until a saucy parrot makes fun of Sooki's saggy, baggy skin. Sit in our bedroom and read aloud, Like a passage from goodnight moon And. It's a paean to dogs and boats, cars and stars-as in ""I like stars/ Far stars/ Quiet stars/ Bright Stars/ Light stars/ I like stars/ A star that is shooting across the dark sky/ A star that is shining right straight in your eye/ I like stars."" Williams packs the illustrations with quirky, often hilarious details for the spread about stars, for example, a rabbit balloonist floats through the night sky in a patched-up balloon, labeled ""starship,"" with a bird's nest on top of it. She currently has over 900,000 subscribers. by Garth Williams, uses rhyming verse to explore a whole series of likable things. Originally published in 1954, The Friendly Book by Margaret Wise Brown, illus. Ask a Question Have a question about this product Ask us here. She lives in North Scituate, Massachusetts. Golden Books brings back three Big Little Golden Books, picture books from the 1940s and '50s now available in larger-sized, paper-over-board editions. I like stars Author Bio Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, Sailor Dog, and hundreds of others, is one of the most beloved childrens book authors of all time.Joan Paley is the illustrator of many books for children. ![]()
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