Books like Move Over, Rover!
By Karen Beaumont
For the kid who counts how many stuffed animals can pile onto one bed, this is a book about a squeeze that just keeps getting tighter. Cozy, silly, and a little chaotic, with a punchline kids can smell coming.
A great brown bear sleeps through winter while mouse, hare, badger, raven, and mole sneak into his cave one by one, brewing tea and popping corn without waking him — until he finally stirs.
Four small bears sit happily on four small chairs until a big bear arrives, wanting a seat too — can they rearrange themselves to fit one more?
Give a hungry little mouse a cookie and he'll ask for milk, then a mirror, then scissors — one small request tumbling into the next until the whole day spins out of control.
Five monkey siblings are supposed to be asleep, but they keep sneaking in one more book (or three), until Mama finally takes their books away and discovers a bedtime habit of her own.
On a rainy afternoon, a snoozing granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse pile onto one cozy bed — until a wakeful flea bites, and the whole sleepy stack comes tumbling down.
A man and his dog set out in a rowboat with lunch for three, only to get launched airborne when a playful whale surfaces right beneath them.
An old man and his cat finally have everything to make homemade soup, but their trusty stove breaks down, sending them next door to a kind neighbor's kitchen — and her over-eager dog Zeke.
An adopted dog named Cooper refuses to act like a dog — he'd rather drive the family car, go to the ballet, and travel than fetch or sit — so his new family has to adjust to his quirky ways.
A boy who loves animals introduces his fifteen pets one by one — and names almost every single one of them Bob, except for one very formally named turtle.
A boy welcomes a hungry moose with a muffin, but one muffin leads to jam, then a trip to the store for more mix, spinning into one favor after another.
A boy sets off to buy simple things like a carrot, a hat, and a cake, but every shop hands him the wrong item entirely — a growing parade of mixed-up animals instead.
A little werewolf tries to settle down for the night in a cold gray tomb full of monsters, but a mischievous goon barges in determined to keep everyone from sleeping.
