Series:

Picture Puffin S.

20 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 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 The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.

Sam has an ordinary life - but his mother used to be a pirate! One day at breakfast, they decide to go to sea and an amazing adventure begins. A brand new Early Reader edition of this hilarious story.

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 The Horrendous Hullabaloo
Miffed that her pirate nephew never invites her to the parties he attends, an old woman throws a wonderfully horrendous hullabaloo for herself and his parrot.

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 Sailor Jack and the Twenty Orphans

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 Mahy & Kellogg : Boy Who Was Followed Home

Cover of Mahy & Maccarthy : 17 Kings and 42 Elephants

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

Cover of The Tin Can Band and Other Poems