Books like A Promise Is a Promise
By Robert Munsch
For the kid who tests the rule the moment your back is turned, this is a story that takes the risk seriously instead of just scolding it. tense, icy, and quick-witted, with real danger under the folktale surface
A mischievous rabbit sneaks into Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden against his mother's warning, and once he's spotted, must find his way home safely while being chased.
A dressmaker's daughter sets out alone through a fierce snowstorm to deliver a duchess's ball gown, battling howling wind and deep drifts to complete her mother's errand.
A gang of robbers plots to steal every toy in London on Christmas Eve, but brave Officer Pugh springs into action to catch them — all except one crafty escapee, Grandma Swagg.
A young penguin named Pip-Pip longs to swim in the sea with his friends, but fear of the water holds him back until he finds the courage to take the plunge.
After the gods fail again and again to create lasting humans across five different suns, Quetzalcóatl the Feathered Serpent alone refuses to give up, journeying to the underworld to retrieve the sacred bones of creation.
An elderly woman who loves storm-tossed beaches finds a sealed bottle marked 'Do Not Open' washed up in the sand — and, against the warning, opens it anyway.
A shy hippopotamus watches from the sidelines as other animals romp in a bog, try on hats, and go jogging together, until she must decide whether to finally say yes and join in.
A father and his four children set off to catch a bear, crossing grass, a river, mud, a forest, and a snowstorm before a narrow cave forces a sudden, breathless retreat.
A boy sets out to find his father, the Lord of the Sun, and must pass through four ceremonial chambers — the kiva of lions, snakes, bees, and lightning — to prove he belongs.
Three sisters home alone must outwit a wolf disguised as their grandmother, who has slipped inside their door at nightfall claiming to be Po Po.
A girl so worried about fitting in that she never admits she loves lima beans wakes up one day covered in stripes that keep changing — and can't seem to recognize herself anymore.
Abandoned in the deep forest, a woodcutter's two children stumble on a house built of bread, cakes, and candy — and discover it belongs to a witch who eats children.
