Most Popular Books by Joy Cowley

This enduring tale of independence and family is an unconventional love story with a strong female lead and a pirate with a sensitive side, written by New Zealand’s leading children’s writer and illustrated by one of Japan’s foremost children’s illustrators. The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But when there were no ships at her jetty, she was quite alone. One stormy day, a pirate came to the house on the jetty. He stood on his toes, and starting tap-tap-tapping on the window... After a battle of words through the jetty trapdoor, these two windswept heroes find they are suited after all in a warm story of a carefree family.

In this book, Joy Cowley answers many frequently asked questions about her life, and, she shares her recipe for ice cream.

Animals on a farm catch spring fever and start dancing to the spring time rock and roll. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Snake and Lizard live together in a burrow in the desert. They are such good friends that Lizard decides to display their names above the burrow entrance. But three small words can cause trouble between friends. They must decide whose name should appear first. Then Lizard makes an unfortunate spelling mistake—he thinks it’s very funny but Snake is not laughing. Snake finds some spelling of her own that will teach Lizard a lesson! The friends eventually find a way to put the argument behind them in this funny picture book that holds a mirror to our human flaws and reminds us that names and nicknames must be used with care.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh. In this book full of absurd poems and very short, silly stories, a man takes his tadpoles for a walk in his hat, a cat is surprised by its talking feet, a tiger gobbles up a dentist, ten baggy clowns do a do-wacky dance . . . along with many more preposterous flights of imagination. Illustrations by David Barrow—a first-rate visual comedian—expand the humor in each fantastical suggestion. Cowley channels the spirit of classic, silly humorists such as Spike Milligan, Edward Lear, and Ogden Nash in this exuberant collection for the family that emboldens readers to experiment and play with language.

Agapanthus Hum is a whirlwind. She hums, she cartwheels, and she is always running around. Now that Agapanthus has eyeglasses, her parents want her to be careful. Agapanthus tries to slow down; she even wears a bag on her head so her glasses won''t get lost, but more often then not, her glasses go flying. What do grown-up acrobats do with their eyeglasses? Agapanthus''s parents bring her to a performance so that she can find out.

Mrs. Wishy-Washy has an underwhelming start to her Valentine''s Day but her clever animals find a way to make a big surprise.

In Joy Starters, renowned children''s author Joy Cowley brings her adventurous outlook and ear for children''s language to early reading instruction.72 leveled books, 72 lap books, 12 rhyme charts, and audio CD''s employ themes drawn from curriculum frameworks of the NAEYC, IRA, and National Head Start Literacy Initiatives.