Picture Puffin S.

15 total works

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.

Jam

by Margaret Mahy

Published 1 September 1985

The Three-legged Cat

by Margaret Mahy

Published 24 June 1993

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.

Beaten by a Balloon

by Margaret Mahy

Published 6 November 1997

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. 

Lonely, Only Mouse

by Wendy Smith

Published 1 July 1986

An amusing, true-to-life story about the ups and downs of being an only child. Lonely Thelonius, an only mouse-child, is thrilled when his cousin Charlie, who has 25 brothers, plans a visit. But Thelonius soon discovers that he's a lucky mouse after all. Full color.

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.

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

The Queen's Goat

by Margaret Mahy

Published 26 September 1991

Fit-fat Cat

by Wendy Smith

Published 24 September 1992

Think Hippo!

by Wendy Smith

Published 1 January 1987

Desirée the hippopotamus gains courage and self-confidence when she goes to school.

The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper

by Margaret Mahy

Published May 1990

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

The Tin Can Band and Other Poems

by Margaret Mahy

Published 4 May 1989

The Witch Baby

by Wendy Smith

Published 1 February 1986

This bewitching tale of mixed-up sorcery is sure to cast a spell of laughter on children. Full-color illustrations.