Margaret Wild

Rosie the hare is afraid to hold her premature baby brother because he seems so fragile until their father tells her a special story about a tortoise and a hare.

Homeless in the big city, Zac and his mother live in a rocket in the middle of a park until they can find a real home.

While waiting to leave the hospital, Hugo dreams of adventures with exotic animals in faraway lands.

Baby Brenda and her friends have fun at the Midnight Cafe, enjoying a "wibble wobble" dance, a "jiggly-joggly" treat, and a dip in the sprinklers before going home to bed.

"Sometimes statues are granted a chance to become warm, breathing creatures. The stone lion has only one dream - to run, pounce and leap in the park across from where he sits. But one snowy night, when a baby is abandoned at his paws, he is compelled to think differently"--Back cover.

This arresting and beautiful picture book from Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks pictures the Tasmanian tiger, wild in the wilderness, then shows the last known member of the species held captive in a zoo. It is a lament for a lost species, and a compelling evocation of the place of animals in Nature.

"When Baby Hippo can't sleep he goes for a wander through the reeds and along the bog and over the rocks and through the willowy, wavy grass. On the way he discovers all the mums and dads are hushing their babies to sleep. The gentle and rhythmic sounds of Hush, Hush! will entertain, entrance and, most importantly, promote sleepiness in toddlers everywhere."--Provided by publisher.

An exploration of the delight of being small. With a menagerie of frolicking kittens, ducklings and baby creatures of different kinds, it presents a way of introducing young children to animals.

'My daddy said, On the day you were born, I wrapped you up warm and took you for a walk to see the world ... A celebration of the glories of existence, the world as seen afresh on the birth of a new baby.