Books like Anatole and the Cat
By Eve Titus
For the kid who loves an underdog with a secret talent, Anatole's quiet cleverness under pressure feels like a triumph worth cheering. Sly, warm, and quietly triumphant, with a French village charm running through it.
A man and his little dog head out early one winter morning to learn how to ski, but a run-in with a curious moose sends them flying through the air and hanging above a snowy abyss.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
A little mouse finds one perfect strawberry but worries a big hungry bear will smell it and come take it away, so he hatches a clever plan to keep it safe.
A relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
A very fussy little sister refuses carrots, mashed potatoes, and especially tomatoes — until her clever big brother renames every food on her plate into something wildly more interesting.
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 cheerful frog rows out onto the pond in a lily-pad boat to catch a fish dinner, but gets bitten on the toe by a water-beetle and nearly gulped down by a hungry trout.
A private-eye detective takes on a numerical mystery: word on the street says 7 ate 9, and if that's true, a nervous 6 might be next on the menu.
A boy too poor to buy the princess a birthday gift bakes her a cake instead, then faces trolls, bears, and gypsies while trying to deliver it to the castle in one piece.
A little brown bird gets tired of chirping the same old song as every other bird, dog, and cat in the neighborhood, so she invents a brand-new sound — and it spreads.
A witch grows the biggest pumpkin ever but can't pull it off the vine — and neither can the ghost, the vampire, or the mummy — until the tiniest creature of all comes up with an idea.
