Books like The Seven Silly Eaters
By Mary Ann Hoberman
For the household negotiating a different dinner order from every kid at the table, this one turns that exact chaos into a rhyming, riotous read. Bouncy, cumulative, and warmly chaotic, with a rhyme scheme that gallops toward a sweet surprise.
A pleading, patient parent follows one wildly energetic baby through the ordinary chaos of a day — sandbox, high chair, crib, and everywhere in between — begging for just a little cooperation.
A beloved dinosaur bakes cookies, helps old ladies cross the street, and plays with kids in town — while one boy, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, insists she's scientifically extinct and shouldn't exist at all.
A bear wakes up from hibernation ravenous and thin, and as his forest friends bring him roots, berries, clover, and fish, his hunger keeps growing — until it's satisfied in a surprising way.
A know-it-all big sister explains exactly what babies are like — they eat books instead of reading them, scream with a special plug in their mouth, and don't even know if they're a boy or a girl.
A fiercely protective squirrel guards her babies with a determined chook-chook-chook, scaring off trouble again and again — until something much bigger wanders right onto her tree.
A little boy named Jay Jay spends Sunday dinner at Grannie's house, surrounded by family, tasty dishes, and hugs that make the whole day full of love.
Four animal friends — Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep — shelter from the rain in a cave and find a roaring, cranky bear already there, so they set out to cheer him up.
A gallery of towering, spike-tailed dinosaurs test their families' patience with messes and roaring fits, then show love in small ways — cleaning up, smiling instead of shouting, and hugging tight.
Three hungry soldiers march into a French village where every scrap of food has been hidden, so they announce they'll make soup from nothing but water and stones — and talk the wary townspeople into adding just a little more.
A crocodile mistakenly turns up under the tree on Christmas Eve and starts eating everything in sight — the roast, the stove, even the tree — while one girl fights to save him.
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.
An overwhelmed elephant mother tries to escape her three energetic children for just five minutes' peace, sneaking off for a quiet bath — but they follow her anyway.
