Books like Slinky Malinki
By Lynley Dodd
For the kid who loves a character who's just a little bit naughty, Slinky Malinki turns mischief into a rollicking rhyme. Playful, rascally, rhythmic and a little bit wicked in the best way
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.
Bored with ordinary weather, a king orders his royal magicians to invent something new to fall from the sky — and gets a sticky green goo called Oobleck that soon overwhelms his entire kingdom.
A Siamese cat who imagines he's a bold Chihuahua bounces into his closet and lands in a snowy make-believe forest, where the seven Chimichangos dare him to kiss a frozen princess awake.
A boy named Billy Bixbee finds a tiny dragon in his bedroom, but when his mom insists dragons don't exist, the ignored dragon just keeps growing bigger and bigger.
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 mosquito tells a small lie to an iguana, setting off a chain reaction of animal misunderstandings that spreads through the jungle with disastrous consequences — and explains a habit mosquitoes have to this day.
A little girl gives a pig a pancake, and one request leads to another — syrup, then a bubble bath — spinning into a chain of demands that circles right back to where it started.
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.
A witch and her cat fly happily on a broomstick until the wind blows away her hat, bow, and wand — and the animals who return them all want a ride, leaving no room to spare when a hungry dragon attacks.
A gang of robbers plots to steal every toy in London on Christmas Eve, but brave Officer Pugh springs into action to catch them — all except one crafty escapee, Grandma Swagg.
A mischievous family cat dodges bath time by scrambling Dad's chore list, so the family ends up mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, and mopping the baby instead of doing what they meant to.
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.
