Most Popular Books by Martin Waddell

Charlie always finds unorthodox ways of completing the tasks Farmer Oldboots gives him to do, from getting mud out of the bottom of the well to driving the wagon home from the fair.

Kind Emma lives all alone in her little cottage by the wood, with no one to talk to. But one snowy night Emma hears a knock at her door, and a tiny voice asking for help. When she takes pity on the little thing at the door and gives it shelter and food, she finds that her whole life is changed - and she at last has a friend to talk to.

By the author of the acclaimed children's book, Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?, here are 17 lively stories retold from the Scriptures in language that makes them accessible to young children.

What do you do with a moose? You love him! With slapstick illustrations by Arthur Robins, Martin Waddell tells a laugh-out-loud tale of a boy and his ungainly friend. Full color.

A tortoise tries to find someone who will play with him at his own speed. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Through hardships and good times, Little Obie, Grandad, Effie, and newly adopted Marty grow to become a real family.

Webster J. Duck turns to several animals when he tries to find his mother.

A little tiger that hates to go to bed scampers away to visit some animal friends.

Little Mo discovers a frozen pond on a snowy day. As she walks out across it, she falls with a big BUMP! Luckily, the Big Ones come and give her a hand. The Big Ones have so much fun sliding and twirling that they forget all about Little Mo. Soon she is sliding and gliding across the ice--and she does it all by herself. Full color.

Lost and lonely, a little bear embarks on a rather perilous sailing venture, but winds up with his heart's desires realized.

From the winner of the 2004 Hans Christian Andersen Medal! It's time for Holly to go to bed -- but not before she and Mama play their favorite go-to-bed game. "Who do you love?" Mama asks, and Holly recalls the names of each special person in her life one by one: Grandpa and Grandma and her brother and Pa and . . . is there someone Holly is forgetting? Who does Holly need to say "I love you" to before their game is over? With expressive watercolors by Camilla Ashforth, Martin Waddell's playful story will encourage children to remember the dearest people in their lives.

When three little bears play in the snow, they pretend to be "snow bears" and their mother goes along with the game.

Most pigs don't swim, or so it's said. But on this hot summer day, the pig on Neligan's farm sits by the pond feeling envious of the ducks and geese floating in the cool water. Finally, when she can endure the heat no longer--Splash!--this sweltering pig takes a dive, throwing the entire farm into an uproar. Full color.