Books like Anatole
By Eve Titus
For the kid who takes pride in doing a job well and wants their work to matter, Anatole shows that even the smallest, most overlooked worker can become essential. Old-world Parisian charm, quietly proud, warm and a little formal in the best way.
Scarred from tending the fire, a girl and her two beautiful but cruel sisters all try to win the hand of a rich, powerful Invisible Being — but only his sister's watchful gaze can tell who has truly seen him.
A lonely old man sets out to find one pretty cat but can't choose among the millions, billions, and trillions he finds on a hillside — so he brings them all home.
A lonely woman welcomes a traveling salesman's pets into her home one by one, but draws the line firmly at one thing: no elephants, thank you very much.
A little boy insists there's a lion in the meadow, but his mother doesn't believe him — until the matchbox dragon she gives him to scare it away turns out to be real too.
When an enormous black dog appears outside the Hope family home, every family member panics and hides — until the youngest, tiniest member decides to walk outside and face it herself.
A mother cat leads her two kittens, Fluffy and Skinny, through washing, wall-walking, and claw-sharpening — while a third kitten, Boris, just naps through it all.
A big sister and little sister play outside through sun, rain, leaves, and snow — until bossiness and frustration push them apart, and they must find their way back to each other.
A country cottontail raising twenty-one children dreams of becoming an Easter Bunny, and when the wise Grandfather Bunny notices how capably she runs her big household, he chooses her for the job.
Swept away from his family tree, a stick creature is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, turned into a snowman's arm, and nearly burned on a fire before Santa Claus steps in to help him get home for Christmas.
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 retired schoolteacher receives a baby boa constrictor as a birthday gift from her son in Brazil and raises him in her French village, where he grows up to become a hero.
