New Releases by Pat Hutchins

Class 3 of Hampstead Primary School are off on a school trip to Paris! Morgan is the first to spot the bearded man in the black Citroen car, cruising behind their school bus, and feels sure he is following them. The plot thickens when a second mysterious bearded man appears on the ferry boat, Soon Class 3 find themselves entangled with a group of art thieves intent upon stealing the Mona Lisa...!

Rosie is on the lookout for her lost baby chick in this funny and surprising companion to the beloved picture book, Rosie’s Walk, by author-illustrator Pat Hutchins. Rosie has lost her baby chick. She looks under the hen house. She looks behind the wheelbarrow. But little baby chick isn’t there. But watch out Rosie! There’s someone following you, and it’s not just your baby chick!

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.

"I''m having a party tomorrow," Rabbit whispers to Owl. "It''s a surprise." But Owl tell the news to Squirrel, he says, "Rabbit is hoeing the parsley tomorrow. It''s a surprise." By the time word has spread to all of Rabbit''s friends, it''s anyone''s guess just what it is that Rabbit will be doing tomorrow!

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.

A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind. The wind blew, and blew, and blew! It blew so hard, it took everything with it: Mr. White’s umbrella, Priscilla’s balloon, the twins’ scarves, even the wig on the judge’s head. But just when the wind was about to carry everything out to sea, it changed its mind! With rhyming verse and colorful illustrations, Pat Hutchins takes us on a merry chase that is well worth the effort.

This set of grade 5 math resources covers multiplication and division word problems; perimeter and area; addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals; circles, polygons, and angles; addition and subtraction with fractions; volume, capacity, and weight; multiplication and division with whole numbers and decimals; algebra, functions, and graphs; multiplication and division with fractions; patterns and transformations; ratio, proportion, and percent; three-dimensional figures.

Who can sleep on such a beautiful night? Not Mama Horse. Not Mama Pig. Not Mama Sheep. They want to dance! Bounce! Jig! Leap! Shhh! The little ones are sound asleep . . . or are they?

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?

It was a perfect day for a picnic. Hen picked the berries, Goose picked the apples, and Duck picked the pears. Then they set out for the picnic. But young viewers will quickly discover that Hen, Goose, and Duck are not the only ones who like berries, apples, and pears! And as the picnic basket gets lighter and lighter, they will be laughing harder and harder. Since the publication of Rosie''s Walk in 1968, Pat Hutchins''s name has been a household word wherever there are young lookers and listeners.

In rhyming verses, one animal after another neighs, moos, oinks, quacks and makes other appropriate sounds as each eats an apple from the farmer''s tree.

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!

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?

Billy is reluctant to share his birthday presents with other little monsters but something happens to change his mind.

Titch is fed up of wearing hand-me-downs and being told, `You''ll soon grow into them, Titch''. But when his baby cousin comes to visit, it''s Titch''s turn to hand his clothes down and get some new clothes of his own.

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.

Four lively stories which will appeal to anyone who knows anything about the trials and tribulations of school days. The Worst Kids In the World give a whole new meaning to Christmas Spirit when they take part in the school nativity and in their Best School year ever, when they surpass themselves in their ability to be appalling. Wasim in the Deep End is a more sensitive look at camaraderie at school while Follow that Bus! takes a quirky look at the vagaries of school outings. This collection may not prove that your school days are the haapiest days of your life but it certainly shows how unusual they can be.

A TITCH storybook by award winning author, Pat Hutchins. It is party time for Titch and his special friend Daisy. But Titch feels lost when he can''t see Daisy anywhere. . . . where can she be hiding? When Titch finally finds Daisy he also finds that he can smile again - and enjoy the party!

Mouse, Fox, Rabbit, and Squirrel watch fearfully as their friend Owl seems to get smaller as he flies away from them. Will he disappear altogether? A comic view of spatial perspectives.

Duck, Frog, and their friends, stars of the classic The Surprise Party, return in this story of a double game of hide-and-seek. "Illustrations are as crisp, decorative, and full of appeal as ever." -- Kirkus Reviews. "Likely to become a perennial story-time favorite." -- School Library Journal.

When Mary and Peter decide to get rid of the toys, books, and games they have outgrown, Titch finds the perfect place for them--his room. "Deliciously funny...Spare, deftly tuned dialogue and the colorful illustrations quietly amplify the humor."--Kirkus Reviews.