Most Popular Books by Hazel Hutchins

A simple introduction to the concept of time.

In celebration of his Teddy Bear''s birthday, a boy changes places with him.

A female mallard stands guard over her nest.

A rhyming picture book by award winning pair, author Hazel Hutchins and illustrator Ruth Ohi, is an imaginative and comforting read aloud book.

Sarah sees a woman turn a boy into a frog, so she asks her to help with a science project, but the woman, Anastasia Morningstar, might need Sarah''s help instead.

Robyn befriends her unpopular classmate Shelly, even though they have very different interests -- Shelly likes dolls! But when Shelly''s dad wins tickets to the big hockey game, Shelly suddenly becomes the most popular girl in school. What will their classmates think of Shelly doesn''t actually get to attend the game? Will Robyn lie to protect her friend''s newfound popularity?

Robyn sneaks a stray kitten into the apartment, but her mother makes her take it back outside.

"A girl earns a haughty neighbour''s respect when her courage and quick thinking saves his dog from the coyotes. Based on a true incident, this poetic story is set during the 1930s in the Canadian West" Cf. Our choice, 1996-1997.

When a child launches a tiny paper boat downstream, the ship begins a journey toward the sea.

Leanna and Norman build a huge snowball, and along the way, Norman loses his clothes, which aren''t found until the following spring.

The 16th new book by the award winning Hazel Hutchins and Ruth Ohi. This tale, full of detail and charm, tells of the rescue from a sidewalk drawing of a girl who entered it to pick flowers.

Every summer Robin goes to her cousin''s mountain Tourist Lodge near Bear Lake for the summer. It''s both a holiday and a chance to help out, but it''s not exciting. Robyn is determined to put excitement in her summer holiday by seeing some bears and having her very own bear story to tell all her friends. Robyn''s quest for bears leads to lots of fun but no bears. Then when she least expects it her dreams come true.

Robyn is fed up with being an only child. She decides that having a part-time brother would be ideal. But the only person who answers her classified ad is her neighbour Ari and he wants Robyn to teach him piano. All she wanted was a brother, plain and simple, and now she''s mixed up in Ari''s plot to avoid his real piano lessons.

Spending Christmas holidays in the wilderness with his ex-con aunt Mag is not Evan''s idea of a good time. What''s worse is that everyone he meets-even his new friend Cedar-is making a big deal about a loon that is hanging around on the lake. Why should Evan care about a dumb bird'' When he discovers that the loon will die without help, he realizes he does care, but rescuing the wild bird turns out to be whole lot harder, and more dangerous, than he expected.

Robyn feels The Raft, the class play, is unfair because it casts only three roles to the boys known as the 3"G''s. Robyn starts her own play, The Monster that Ate the World, and learns how difficult it is to organize everything by herself. With the help of some classmates Robyn pulls it off, and finds that her feelings change.

TJ hates cats, but out of love for his grandmother, he agrees to care for her four out-of-control pets while she vacations in Hawaii.

A story about the power of play and imagination.

On a bright morning in May the lady at the corner grocery store turned Derek Henshaw into a frog. After witnessing this trick, Sarah decides that she has found the perfect subject for her science project. Of course she will have to get Anastasia Morningstar to agree to share her secrets.

When master fact-gatherers TJ and Seymour are asked to join the school Quiz Kids team, TJ thinks Seymour should take the stage at the upcoming contest against the high-pressure Fairview School team. TJ is already more than occupied rescuing his cats and helping Gran get ready for her upcoming trip to Belize. When he goes with his dad to help with a renovation job on a huge house on Fairview Hill, he and T-Rex tangle with a rich girl and her giant dog, Frooie. Then Seymour develops stage fright, Alaska goes missing and the girl from the big house shows up on the Fairview quiz team. TJ knows he has to sort things out—fast!

Art is for everyone—even a bored little girl. Going to the Art Museum with her mom is no fun at all for Anna. Everything is old and boring and there are so many rules: Don’t Touch! Do Not Enter! Quiet! A vigilant guard keeps a close eye on the energetic little girl, but even so, Anna manages to set off an alarm and almost tip over a vase. A half-open door draws Anna’s attention, but the No Entry sign means yet again that it’s off-limits. This time, however, the guard surprises her by inviting her to go in. Here she finds a “secret workshop” where paintings are being cleaned and repaired. Staring out from one of the canvases is a girl who looks grumpy and bored—just like Anna herself. With the realization that art often imitates life, Anna discovers the sheer joy to be had from the paintings on the wall, especially those that reflect what is happening all around her. Filled with representations of paintings from many world-class galleries, this charming book is the perfect prelude to a child’s first visit to an art museum.

Casey Webber longs to do something to prove to everyone that real magic is possible.

A vividly imagined story about the importance of telling the truth, even if it means losing something you love. When Jesse finds a toy horse and makes it his very own, his imagination runs wild. This horse is the fastest horse in the whole world, so Jesse names him Wind. He can’t wait to race him across the prairie (the kitchen table) and over deep canyons (the bathtub). There’s just one problem: Wind doesn’t actually belong to Jesse. He was left behind accidentally by his real owners. And though at first Jesse is full of joy as he plays with Wind, soon he starts to feel uneasy—Jesse knows Wind’s real owners must miss him. But how can Jesse explain to his mother exactly where Wind came from? And is there a way to make everything okay again? The Truth About Wind is a dynamic story about the courage it takes to face up to a lie, brought to life by a trio of celebrated creators.

Eleven-year-old Jason is granted three wishes which land him and his friends in some amazing scrapes.

The summer is off to a lousy start when Levi''s bike is stolen from outside the corner store. He feels even worse because he didn''t lock it. But when his best friend Riley''s locked bike is stolen the very next day, the boys are determined to get both of them back. When they discover there has been a string of bicycle thefts in the area, the friends hatch several plans to find the culprit. There are so many potential suspects—Steve Morrow and his gang, the tattooed guy who sits at the bus stop, the owners of the secondhand-bike store. There''s also Emily Grimshaw, Levi''s childhood nemesis, who keeps popping up and showing a peculiar interest in the thefts. Does she really want to help or is she involved somehow? And will Levi and Riley ever see their beloved bikes again?

Robyn is sure she is in big trouble with the school librarian. She published a school newspaper with a spelling mistake in the headline — "Mr Lee Smells Foul." In class they talk about democracy and freedom of the press, but now the principal is telling her she''s not allowed to publish the newspaper without teachers'' supervision. Robyn''s ready to challenge the school, but she''s not sure it''ll make any difference. At last, help comes from an unexpected direction. Robyn Makes the News is a funny and thoughtful book about learning what can be changed, and what can''t be.

TJ Barnes is back, playing with his crazy cats, T-Rex and Alaska, helping out in his parents'' hardware store and goofing around with his best friend, Seymour. When Seymour announces that he has signed them both up for a football team, TJ fears the worst. Neither of them is huge or mean or able to tackle, catch, throw, run or kick a ball down a field, but Seymour is determined to be a star. With the help of a stack of library books, TJ starts to understand the game but it takes more than a few books to figure out what’s wrong with his best friend. TJ and the Sports Fanatic is the fourth of five books in the series.

TJ overcame his fear of cats in TJ and the Cats and his fear of ghosts in TJ and the Haunted House. Now, he''s not so keen on facing his fear of failure. His best friend Seymour is determined to come up with the latest greatest invention and TJ''s gran expects TJ to build a rocket. The kittens, T-Rex and Alaska, are eager to get involved. When the first rocket that TJ builds plummets out of the sky, no parachute in sight, TJ is sure that his efforts are doomed. But are they?

While traveling with his goat and cart to visit his grandmother, a young boy loses his way and finds himself in the land of the giants confronted by a very unhappy giant baby.

Thad Owen was a boy who lived in Elmwood, Maine. This book tells of his adventures bob-sledding and taking care of the horses.

When his father''s return from Boston with the family is delayed, young Brad, left to care for their new wilderness home in Maine, must depend on the Indians for survival.

The life story of Liliuokalani and the last days of the kingdom of Hawaii and its transition into territorial status.

"At fourteen Adrienne d''Ayen became the wife of Gilbert Lafayette. Separate strands of episodes and incident record the story of this daughter of France who married an aristocrat, saw him off to fight with Washington, endured the mounting horrors of Paris in the French Revolution, and preserved the unity of her family through voluntary imprisonment in Austria." Kirkus.