Books like Bunny Cakes
By Rosemary Wells
For the little sibling who always wants a turn but keeps getting waved off by a big brother or sister running the show, Max's kitchen standoff with Ruby will feel very familiar. Cozy, funny, and full of sibling squabble energy, with the warmth of a family birthday underneath.
A parade of baby animals learns words for everyday things — a ball, a dog, a moon — but every single one insists on calling it all MAMA instead.
A little pea faces every kid's nightmare in reverse: his parents won't let him have his beloved vegetables for dessert until he finishes five pieces of candy for dinner.
A cookie-loving boy named Alfie tries grabbing, fishing, and even dressing up as a cookie inspector to get one of his mommy's cookies — but the trick turns out to be much simpler than any of his schemes.
A gentle, repeating question moves through the animal world — from kangaroos to lions to dolphins — showing every baby, a joey, a cub, a calf, has a mother who loves it.
A hands-on introduction inviting babies to pat a soft bunny, play peek-a-boo with cloth, smell powdery flowers, and feel Daddy's scratchy beard on every page.
When hard times hit the farm, a hired boy is sent off to find his own way — but a runaway Journey Cake leads him on a wild chase that changes everything.
A young hare tries to show his father just how much he loves him, stretching his arms wide and reaching as high as he can — but Big Nutbrown Hare always finds a way to love him back more.
When alphabet soup goes straight to her brain, a family dog named Martha suddenly starts talking — and talking, and talking — until the day she stops.
A grandmother with a mountain of yarn and too many grandchildren shouts 'LEAVE ME ALONE!' and sets off past bears, goats, and aliens — all the way to the moon — just to finish her knitting in peace.
A little bunny imagines running away — as a fish, a rock, a bird — and each time, his mother imagines exactly how she'll follow and find him.
A newly hatched bird tumbles from his nest and sets off alone to find his mother, asking a kitten, a hen, a dog, and even a giant machine called a Snort if they're the one he's looking for.
