Books like Superworm
By Julia Donaldson
For the kid who wants every story to have a hero who can bend, stretch, and twist into anything — Superworm turns a garden's worth of small creatures into a rescue squad. Bouncy, rhyming, and full of superhero energy with a garden-bug cast.
Grandma swallows Fly Guy, then a spider, then a bird, then a cat, then a dog — and just as she's about to gulp down a horse, Fly Guy shouts to save the day.
A crocodile and his bird friend travel to the United States to rescue a kidnapped cousin taken to an Exotic Animal Farm — and along the way, the bird himself gets captured.
A friendly little pick-up truck greets farm animals along a country road, beeping and honking hello — until he gets stuck in the muck and needs his animal friends to push him out.
A young spider records his everyday life in diary entries — spinning sticky webs, scaling walls, taking wind-catching lessons, and surviving the occasional run-in with a vacuum cleaner.
A cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny mouse — good friends all — climb into a boat for a row in the bay, and the boat tips more precariously with each one who climbs aboard.
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 flock of sheep pile into a red jeep for a country drive, and things go quickly wrong — splashing, stalling, and sinking deep into gooey mud.
A daredevil girl shopping for a wheelchair refuses anything less than a 92-speed, silver and gold dirt-bike model — and once she gets it, speed becomes a very useful superpower.
An old man and his fine cat are so hot and bored they'll try anything — so when their neighbor Mrs. Teaberry suggests a sightseeing boat cruise, they climb aboard, only to run into trouble with her mischievous dog Zeke.
The numbers 1 through 100 race each other up an apple tree in a rhyming chant, piling higher and higher until bumblebees threaten trouble at the top.
A toddler leads a cheerful parade of friends on a walk to the end of a seaside pier, picking up buzzing bees, bicycle bells and a whole beachful of noisy company along the way.
A drowsy dog just wants a quiet nap, but a bouncy little duckling named Zachary Quack keeps trailing after him, pittery-pattering and pestering him to play.
