Books like Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pears
By Cynthia Rylant
For the kid who loves a good problem to solve, and for grown-ups who want a gentle model of patience when bodies don't cooperate the way we wish they would. Cozy, unhurried, and quietly cheerful, with the warmth of a slow autumn afternoon.
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.
An older man and his cat plan a perfect train outing with their neighbor and her dog, only to learn at the station that pets aren't allowed — until he thinks of a clever fix.
An older man and his neighbor decide to join a band together, but finding one that's the right fit turns out to be trickier than they expected — for them and their pets.
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 gardener finally grows the vegetable patch of his dreams, but three hungry bunnies keep sneaking in every night — so he builds fence after fence to outsmart them.
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.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
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.
When Miss Rabbit's carrot cake vanishes from Ed's farm, two mouse detectives, Wilcox and Griswold, must sniff out clues and question suspects to solve the case of who ate it, stole it, or both.
A young bear named Lucy finds a boy in the woods and, against her mother's warning that children make terrible pets, brings him home to keep as her very own — naming him Squeaker.
A porcupine named Percy loves balloons more than anything, but his prickly quills keep popping them — so he sets out to find a clever way to finally keep one.
The true story of Ignacio 'Nacho' Anaya, a waiter in a Mexican border town, who invents a snack of tortilla chips, cheese, and jalapeños on the spot — and creates a food the whole world will love.
