"Between two trees, high above grass and ground, Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Buck are sleeping in a hammock. Suddenly, Turtle opens his eyes. 'Hey,' he whispers. 'Do you hear what I hear?'" Each animal's imagination runs wild with what wild creature may be making the sound they all hear. Is it a giant turtle? Or a bird with a giant beak? Perhaps it is Bat-Tur-Octo-Bird- Buck. Luckily for the small animals, it isn't any of these creatures. It is just their old friend Elephant who was out wandering around. The animals invite him to join them in the hammock and soon the wild imaginings about the night noises begin all over again.

I Feel a Foot!

Children's Books

Rinck, Maranke

Animals

Lemniscaat USA

About the Author\nMaranke Rinck is an award-winning children's book author who seeks to make reading and writing fun for the young and old. She often works with her husband, illustrator Martijn van der Linden. With their three children they live in a former butcher shop in Rotterdam. You will not find sausages and meatballs in their house anymore, though; the cold stores are full of manuscripts, drawings and paintings.\nMartijn van der Linden is a Dutch illustrator of children's books. He has won multiple awards including the certificate of honor (IBBY), the Golden Parent's Choice Award, and the Goldfinch award for the picture book I Feel a Foot! In 2016 he won the Dutch national award for the best Children's book (the Woutertje Pieterse award) for his book Vote for the Okapi. His books have been translated into over 12 languages. Martijn works from his home in Rotterdam where he lives with his wife, children's book writer Maranke Rinck, and their three children. Maranke and Martijn have created several picture books together.\nNancy Forest-Flier is an American-born translator, editor, and writer living and working in the Netherlands. She has translated several adult and children's novels from Dutch to English, her writing has appeared in many British and American museums, and she has translated for numerous Dutch museums and institutes including the Anne Frank House. She has six children, ten grandchildren, and one cat.\nEllis loves popcorn. Who doesn't?\nBut one day her school goes on a healthy eating campaign and her dads decide to follow suit, banning all snack foods from their house, INCLUDING POPCORN. Unfair. Ellis has got to get around that edict, so one night she pops a bag of popcorn out back in the garage...and she's met with more than just her favorite salty snack. One kernel refuses to pop, and soon it's sprouted a face, arms, and legs! He introduces himself as Popcorn Bob, and he is NOT in a good mood. (Ever, really.) He's absolutely ravenous, and no amount of food keeps him from being hangry. Bob causes no end of chaos for Ellis, and she decides to rid herself of him once and for all, except...she actually starts to like him.\nA chapter book for all ages, Popcorn Bob is a laugh-out-loud story about the power of friendship, and a perfect bowl of popcorn.

Popcorn Bob

Literature & Fiction

Levine Querido

Popcorn Bob 2: The Popcorn Spy

Ellis is now best friends with a grumpy, talking popcorn kernel. Yes, REALLY! Together, they're secretly handing out popcorn to Ellis's classmates (since her school is now officially a "Healthy School"--blech), and everything is great. Bob is even learning how to control his hanger. (Kind of.) But Ellis and Bob are in danger--visitors from the possibly nefarious Popcorn & Co. are following them, and it's clear they're after Bob! Will Ellis be able to keep Bob out of their clutches?

Ellis, Dante, and Popcorn Bob are on an important top-secret mission in America. (Ellis's dads are there too. But they don't know about the mission.)\nWhen Popcorn Bob last escaped the clutches of Coraline Corn (the evil owner of Popcorn & Co.), she said that there are more live popcorn kernels in America – just like Bob!\nBob can't wait to meet his family. But when he finds them, they're trapped in a chicken coop on the Popcorn & Co. grounds, living at the mercy of Coraline Corn, and whatever experiments she wants to run on them. Bob, Ellis, and Dante must team up once again to defeat Coraline Corn and free Bob's newfound family.\nThe third installment to this chapter book series brings back all the zaniness that readers know and love, plus a new cross-continental adventure, and lots more friends.

Popcorn Bob 3: In America

Ellis loves popcorn. No, she REALLY loves popcorn. It's serious. So when her school and her dads ban all snack foods-- INCLUDING POPCORN--Ellis won't listen. But when she tries to quietly sneak her favorite salty snack, one kernel refuses to pop. LOUDLY. Soon, the kernel has sprouted a face, arms, and legs! He's alive, his name is Popcorn Bob, and he is NOT in a good mood. He is HANGRY. Will Ellis be able to keep Bob a secret until she can get rid of him? (And after a few days with him, will she still want to?) A Junior Library Guild Selection "Comedic hijinks and unlikely friendship ensue...an amusing series starter that's just right for young fans of the absurd." --Publishers Weekly "A bowl of crunchy fun." --Booklist "For readers with a taste for the bizarre." --Kirkus Reviews

Popcorn Bob (Popcorn Bob, 1)

Ellis is now best friends with a grumpy, talking popcorn kernel. Yes, REALLY! Together, they're secretly handing out popcorn to Ellis's classmates (since her school is now officially a 'Healthy School' - blech), and everything is great. Bob is even learning how to control his hanger (kind of). But Ellis and Bob are in danger - visitors from the possibly nefarious Popcorn & Co. are following them, and it's clear they're after Bob! Will Ellis be able to keep Bob out of their clutches?

A boy plays with tangram. He uses the pieces to lay a cat a wonderful cat of course; you can leave that up to Martijn van der Linden. But the cat feels lonely... Suddenly I understood the cat. You want someone to play with! I said. The cat still didn t say anything. But I knew I was right. Now tangram isnt easy. The boy thinks hes laying down a new cat, but it turns out to be a dog, which chases after the cat. A new try turns out to be a crocodile not what you would call a nice friend! The cat has to put up with a lot before the boy gets a really good idea. He lays down himself! Now they can play together. Artist couple Martijn and Maranke constantly reinvent themselves. In Tangram Cat , they surpass themselves yet again. All pictures in the book can be made with the tangram game that is included at the back.

Tangram Cat

Martijn van der Linden

Lemniscaat

Turtle has a problem: He can’t go to sleep! His friends try to help him out: Bat makes him a cup of hot milk. Bird sings a song. Bat gives him a pacifier and Deer thinks Turtle needs to be cradled. Nothing works.Turtle knows what would help him: to be driven around. But none of the animals have a car. Then Deer comes up with a cunning plan… Hush, Little Turtle is reminiscent of Rinck’s and Van der Linden’s I Feel a Foot.

Hush Little Turtle

In a world where everyone has a counterpart, Rabbit is searching for the Other Rabbit. He flies through the air, walks across the land, travels across the sea but still he cannot find him. Finally, he learns that the Other Rabbit is on another island and that the dragon who lives there won't let him leave because he is afraid of being lonely. Rabbit comes up with the perfect solution and no one is lonely again.

The Other Rabbit

Tangram Katze

Schaltzeit Verlag

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I Feel a Foot!

Popcorn Bob

Popcorn Bob 2: The Popcorn Spy

Popcorn Bob 3: In America

Popcorn Bob (Popcorn Bob, 1)

Popcorn Bob 2: The Popcorn Spy

Tangram Cat

Hush Little Turtle

The Other Rabbit

Tangram Katze