Most Popular Books by Florence Parry Heide

All the elephant''s friends give him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

"If you want to pretend you''re shrinking, that''s all right," said Treehorn''s mother, "as long as you don''t do it at the table." No one around seems to appreciate what Treehorn''s going through, when he starts shrinking after playing a strange board game. His parents are busy, his friends laugh at him, and he even gets sent to the Principal''s office for shrinking. Or was it shirking? Clearly, the adults in his life have no clue and can''t help. In the end, Treehorn figures it out on his own, and all is well. . . . At least until he turns green. This oddly offbeat, surreal, and funny story is illustrated with Edward Gorey''s signature pen and ink drawings. It will appeal to any kid who feels they''re not truly seen or heard by the grown-ups in their life. Works for adults, too. This 50th Anniversary edition includes an appreciation from Caldecott Honoree Lane Smith, illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man. An ALA Notable Children''s Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year

George''s father finally agrees to let him have a pet and that''s when all the trouble begins.

Explores the concept of each person''s being a separate individual whose thoughts make him different from anyone else.

A little boy discovers the quality that makes man superior to animals.

A collection of poems about the many aspects of time, including "The Time Machine, " "Wasting Time, " and "Time Zones."

Vignettes of children whose less than desirable behavior is masked in insidious but acceptable ways.

Noah is afraid that life in the suburbs will be boring until he meets a clever girl named Bib and an unusual house painter named Bruce Dooster.

A young boy names all the people and things that make him feel needed, from his teddy bear to God.

Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.

When his mother goes to the hospital to have a baby, Noah''s worst fears about a baby around the house are realized when he goes to stay with Bib and her family.

Collects the stories of Treehorn, a boy to whom very strange things keep happening which adults, from his parents to the meter reader, do not seem to think are noteworthy.

Available for the first time in one volume, this trilogy contains three complete, entertaining adventures of the lovable child Treehorn: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn''s Treasure, and Treehorn''s Wish.

In this new edition of the classic companion to Tales for the Perfect Child, Sergio Ruzzier lends his signature humor to Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief’s delectably subversive fables. Genevieve is careless. Muriel is discontented. Phoebe is always putting off until tomorrow what she should be doing today. And Chester is the laziest turkey you ever heard of. Caleb and Conrad, on the other hand, are polite and kind and thoughtful and gracious and truthful. But some good that does them! If the morals you find in these pages aren’t exactly, well, moral…just don’t pay any attention to them!