Series:

Picture Puffin S.

24 total works

Cover of Making Friends

Making Friends

by Margaret Mahy and Wendy Smith

Published 1 March 1990
Small Mrs. de Vere's large dog Titania and large Mr. Derry's small dog Oberon serve as the intruments that bring their masters together in an unexpected but quite successful friendship.

Cover of Jam

Jam

by Margaret Mahy

Published 1 September 1985

Cover of The Boy Who Was Followed Home

Cover of The Three-legged Cat

The Three-legged Cat

by Margaret Mahy

Published 24 June 1993

Cover of Keeping House

Keeping House

by Margaret Mahy and Wendy Smith

Published 30 March 1991
Ashamed to let the housekeeper see how untidy her house has become, Lizzie Firkin cleans it herself.

Cover of Can I Keep Him?

Can I Keep Him?

by Steven Kellogg

Published 1 December 1992
Arnold just wants a pet. But after trying to bring home a dog and a cat, his imagination runs wild with all of the pets he could bring home, even a dinosaur! But what he really needs is a friend, and guess who just moved down the street.

Cover of Beaten by a Balloon

Beaten by a Balloon

by Margaret Mahy

Published 6 November 1997

Cover of Boom Baby Boom Boom

Boom Baby Boom Boom

by Margaret Mahy

Published 7 November 1996
When Mama tells Baby that she’s made a lovely lunch for him, she doesn’t know that the animals are listening at the window. And they are much hungrier than Baby. While Mama bangs on her drums – boom-biddy-boom-biddy-boom-boom-boom – the yellow cat, the brown dog, the red rooster, the black-faced sheep and the brown-and-white cow each eats a titbit thrown on the floor by Baby. Good Baby, who has eaten all his dinner, gets a banana for pudding and, this time, he eats it all up. Boom-biddy-boom-biddy-yum-yum-yum!

Children will love joining in the story as the animals enter one by one to gobble up the baby's lunch in this wonderful read-aloud story from bestselling author Margaret Mahy and beloved illustrator Margaret Chamberlain. 

Cover of Kellogg Steven : Tallyho, Pinkerton

Cover of Twice Mice

Twice Mice

by Wendy Smith

Published 9 July 1987
Though perfectly content to be an only mouse, Theolonius learns to love his new twin sisters.

Cover of Kellogg Steven : Mystery of Flying Orange Pumpkin
When a new owner takes over the garden where they have been growing a pumpkin, the neighborhood children find their Halloween plans for the pumpkin in jeopardy.

Cover of Kellogg Steven : Pinkerton Behave

Cover of The Rattlebang Picnic

The Rattlebang Picnic

by Margaret Mahy

Published 1 September 1994
The McTavishes have piled into their old rattlebang car for a picnic on the top of Mount Fogg. But when the mountain starts to shake and red-hot lava erupts, the McTavishes hope that the old rattlebang can stay together long enough to save them from disaster! An original tall tale with an outrageously bizarre plot

Cover of The Queen's Goat

The Queen's Goat

by Margaret Mahy

Published 26 September 1991

Cover of The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten

Cover of Best Friends

Best Friends

by Steven Kellogg

Published 15 August 1992
To Kathy the greatest thing in the world is a best friend. And Louise Jenkins is hers. They do everything together, from sharing their chocolate milk at lunch to riding Golden Silverwind, their make-believe horse who lives in the imaginary stable between their houses.

Cover of Think Hippo!

Think Hippo!

by Wendy Smith

Published 1 January 1987
Desirée the hippopotamus gains courage and self-confidence when she goes to school.

Cover of Kellogg Steven : Mysterious Tadpole

Cover of Kellogg Steven : Much Bigger Than Martin

Cover of The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper
A bossy and demanding plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkin, who usually only tends quiet pumpkins, and from that moment his peaceful existence is changed