David Ezra Stein

WHOMP! An energetic young dinosaur figures out her own way to give a kiss in the latest from the creator of the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken.

It's after school for the little red chicken, and she has just learned something new: every story has an elephant of surprise. As they dive into story after story, looking for the part that makes you go, "Whoa! I didn't know that was going to happen," Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he's right. After all, there are definitely no elephants in the Ugly Duckling, Rapunzel, or The Littler Mermaid...Or are there? The little red chicken and her papa...

Monkeys, mice, snakes, cats, and many other animals demonstrate how to act towards others.

A reimagining of "Hush Little Baby" with a papa bunny and his little one.

In her latest star turn, the little red chicken from the Caldecott Honor Book Interrupting Chicken is hungry—and sillier than ever.
It's bright and early on a Saturday morning, and the little red chicken wants cookies for breakfast. What better way to persuade Papa than by jarring him awake and gleefully interjecting cookies—and herself!—into every nursery rhyme they read together? Though the Old Woman Who Lived

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"Murray worries...about lots of things. He doesn't want to go out in the rain. He's scared of the barking dogs at the park. Fireworks make him jump. But gradually he learns that he can put on a raincoat. He can make new friends. He can be brave."--Front jacket flap.