New Releases by Pat Hutchins

Originally published: Great Britain: Hodder Children's Books, 2015.

How is Owl supposed to sleep the day away with the bees buzzing, the woodpecker pecking, the doves cooing, and the squirrels crunching? But when night falls and everything is finally quiet, suddenly there's a new sound--and it's coming from Owl!

Illustrated by Laurence Hutchins. Grandma, Mother, Father, Morgan, the baby and Tailcat find themselves catapulted into the whackiest adventure ever when their house floats off down the street and out to sea! Blood-thirsty pirates, a kidnapping and buried treasure are just some of the hair-raisers in store in Pat Hutchins’ own adaptation of her ever-popular children’s novel.

Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1971.

A charming, wordless picture book that the very youngest can “read” all by themselves. The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house—until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there’s so much water that they have to build a boat… Follow these inventive dolls as they use their imagination to adapt to each situation they encounter.

Rosie the hen goes for a walk and arrives home safely for dinner. She has no idea that she has been followed by a fox.

Little Piglet and Little Lamb and Little Calf and Little Foal want to venture out of the farmyard and take a walk across the fields. "Don't get lost!" say their mothers. Little Piglet, Little Lamb, Little Calf, and Little Foal walk and walk and walk. They play chase and hide-and-seek and they race and they splash— what fun! They won't get lost! Or will they?

Daughter Sister Half-sister Stepdaughter Stepsister Cousin Niece Granddaughter Great-Granddaughter There are so many things to be when the relatives are coming to your birthday party! But sometimes the best thing of all is to be a birthday girl. Oh, happy birthday!

Simplified Chinese edition of Rosie's Walk. Rosie the chicken takes a stroll around the barn yard, while a fox is stealthily following her. But before he could catch Rosie, the fox is chased away by the bees stirred from the beehives when Rosie walks by oblivious to the danger behind her.

TITCH'S ABC Titch finds lots of fun things about house from A through to Z, to make learning the alphabet as easy as A, B, C!

Because he can't find Daisy at the party, Titch hides in one place after another, until finally he discovers his friend hiding because she can't find him.

A picture book illustrated with stills from the animated television series, Titch. Titch has no one to play with - everyone's busy - but then Mum suggests that she and Titch have a picnic and a game of football in the park. Then it starts to rain. Where can they have their picnic now?

Titch isn't very good at throwing snowballs, scraping snow or clearing snow from the front step, but when it comes to building snowmen, Titch can teach Peter and Mary a thing or two.

La gallina Rosie pasea por el corral, sin darse cuenta que un zorro la sigue. A pesar de su distracción, ella consigue involucrar al zorro en accidente tras accidente.

A little boy goes grocery shopping for his mother and tries hard to remember her instructions.

Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings--and rings and rings.Translated into Spanish by Aida Marcuse. A Spanish translation of The Doorbell Rang.

Cada vez que el timbre de la puerta suena, hay mas personas que vienen por las maravillosas galletas que hace la mamá de Victoria y Santiago.

A little girl eagerly welcomes her best friend to spend the night. She is glad to have a friend who can run faster, climb higher, and jump farther than anyone else. But when the lights are turned out and the visitor is afraid, the little girl proves what best friends are for. "once again Hutchins captures the simple elements of a child's life in a heartwarming story, steeped in truth....A must."--Booklist.

When little Titch outgrows his clothes, he receives hand-me-downs from his brother and sister that are too big. "You'll soon grow into them," they say. But Mother decrees that Titch needs some brand-new clothes. Soon it is his turn to say to someone else the words he has heard so often.

"A preschooler on his birthday finds he is still too short to reach many things....The storytelling in words and poster-color pictures is wholly in tune."--Horn Book.

Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings -- and rings and rings.Each ring of the doorbell brings more friends to share the delicious cookies Ma has made."Refreshing, enjoyable and unpredictable." -- School Library Journal. Also available in a Spanish-language edition, Llaman a la puerta.

When Billy Monster was born, his father said, "My son is going to grow up to be the Worst Monster in the World." However, Billy's sister Hazel proved that she was the Worst Monster in a way that older siblings can cheer. "A monstrously wonderful a addition to any picture book collection."--School Library Journal.

Two wooden dolls rearrange wooden building blocks to form various objects.