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Bears and a Birthday by Shirley Parenteau
$14.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Bears on Chairs
In their fourth endearing escapade, four small bears prepare a celebration for Big Brown Bear s birthday. Mmm, something smells good in the kitchen. Big Brown Bear is curious what are those little bears up to? Are they making something special? No peeking, Big Brown Bear! Floppy and Fuzzy, Yellow and C ...Show more
Bears in Beds by Shirley Parenteau; David Walker (Illustrator)
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Those adorable bears from Bears on Chairs return in an irresistibly sweet bedtime story. It's time for Big Brown Bear to tuck all four little bears into their beds. Then he's ready to climb into his own bed and turn out the light. Five warm beds, holding five sleepy bears, until a sound goes whoosh ...Show more
Bears in a Band (HB) by Shirley Parenteau
$27.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
"CLANG! CLANG!" "TOOTLEY-TOOO! "The impossibly cute bears are back and this time they have musical instruments at the ready. The little bears pick up their instruments and play a noisy song. They don t care if the notes are wrong! But uh-oh, Big Brown Bear is fast asleep. Will their lively music wake hi ...Show more
Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau; David Walker (Illustrator)
$14.99 NZD
Category: Board & Cloth Books | Series: Bears on Chairs Ser.
Splish Splash Sploosh The adorable stars of Bears on Chairs and Bears in Beds are back, and they're ready for bath time. Or are they? Water, soap, and sponge are there. The bath is ready. Where are the bears? The four little bears are grimy, dirty, and covered in mud But when they see the bath ...Show more
Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up -- what a stare! -- and wants a seat. Can these clever bears put their heads together (among other things) and make space for one more? With endearing, expressive illustrations and a sustained rhyme in every line, here is a cozy ...Show more
Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau
$15.99 NZD
Category: Board & Cloth Books | Series: Bears on Chairs Ser.
Can five bears share four chairs? The infectious rhymes and easy charm of this winsome read-aloud will make young listeners sit up and take notice. FOUR HAPPY BEARSON FOUR SMALL CHAIRS. Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up -- what a stare! -- and wants a seat. Can ...Show more
Bears on Chairs: Book and Toy Gift Set by Shirley Parenteau
$22.99 NZD
Category: Board & Cloth Books | Series: Bears on Chairs Ser.
Can five bears share four chairs? The infectious rhymes and easy charm of this winsome read-aloud will make young listeners sit up and take notice. FOUR HAPPY BEARS ON FOUR SMALL CHAIRS. Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up — what a stare! — and wants a seat. Can ...Show more
Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau
$16.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The\Friendship Dolls Ser.
How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to Ship of Dolls is told from a Japanese girl's point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain villa ...Show more
Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to "Ship of Dolls "is told from a Japanese girl s point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village ...Show more
Dolls of War by Shirley Parenteau
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The Friendship Dolls
In 1941, eleven-year-old Macy James lives near the Oregon coast with her father, the director of a small museum. Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight exquisite friendship dolls given to America by Japan in 1926, is part of the museum's collection - and one of Macy's most treasured connections to her mother, w ...Show more
One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau & Cynthia Jabar (ill.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
On a wet spring night, one big frog sings KA-BLU-URP! Two tiny frogs sing PREEP, PREEP, three young frogs sing RIBBIT, RIBBIT, all the way up to ten frogs who trill PEEP, PEEP as a frog chorus fills the air with grunts and croaks and chirps.The night is resonant until . . . a car splashes down the stree ...Show more
Ship of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Can a ship carrying Friendship Dolls to Japan be Lexie's ticket to see her fun-loving mother again? A heartwarming historical novel inspired by a little-known true event. It's 1926, and the one thing eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis wants more than anything is to leave Portland, Oregon, where she has been st ...Show more