Mem Fox

As darkness falls parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.

"Count along with Mother Duck as her ducklings try to waddle across the bridge. When a sudden gust of wind sweeps one of Mother Duck's ducklings into the river, she doesn't know what to do. With four ducklings on the bridge and one below, Mother Duck is torn as to which way to go. Suddenly, a second duck falls and Mother Duck grows more panicked. Should she stay on the bridge or fly down to her ducklings in the river? As she paces and frantically...

"A little boy takes a walk to fetch something for his breakfast before sitting down for a meal with his grandmother."--

Roly Poly the polar bear never wanted a brother, but then little Monty arrives and Roly Poly has to adjust to his new sibling.

The reader is invited to count goats of many shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions.

A rhyming tale about two little monkeys who are hiding from a leopard.

A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.

When winter comes, six sleepy bears are rhymed to sleep by Mother Bear.

When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.

"What are two parents to do when their beloved little dragon keeps breathing fire all over the house?"--