Best Selling Books by Rita Golden Gelman

With its humorous rhymes and colorful artwork, this unique book about manners helps children learn their do''s and don''ts in a delightful, fun-filled way.

A young boy learns the joys of fishing from his Scottish uncle and a legendary fish, both named Uncle Hugh.

A girl tries to convince a grumpy cat to wear a variety of hats, including a top hat, a baseball cap, a knight''s armored helmet, and a cowboy hat.

Always in the way when his brother and friends try to play, Joey finally proves he can be useful.

This beautifully illustrated children''s book begins at morning on the Indonesian island of Bali. Farmers head out to the sawah, or rice field, to plant seeds. While they work, eels slip through the mud around their feet, & dragonflies flutter overhead. Rains come & the rice stalks grow steadily. Mice crawl over the stems, munching as they go. As the sun sets each night, bats dart & swoop, looking for mosquitoes to eat. When the rice is ready to be harvested, the farmers cut, thresh, & pack the grain. After they are done, they give thanks. For in Bali, as in many countries around the world, everyone knows that rice is life.

Bo the sheep is finding his field of grass too quiet, too safe. So Bo takes Jo, they say sayonara, and go off to the beach and the seas, and then on to the city in a bus. The delights of the Yummycafe prove overwhelming, but they move on to the airport, and parachuting, and float down into a lovely field... It''ll be a jungle next time! Illustrated with full-page colour drawings.

Text and photographs explore the vast array of unusual creatures still to be found in the Galapagos Islands.

Un hombre con una olla viene a la partido de campo de dos niños y hace un sandwich, lo más grande del mundo--jamás. A strange little man with a pot on his head comes to the picnic of two children and proceeds to make a gigantic sandwich.

Young children learn to chew their food thoroughly, to ask for things out of their reach, to be careful crossing the street, to look where they''re going, and to dress according to the weather

Two painters run amuck and begin painting everything in sight, including windows, beds, grass, animals, and children.

Minnie the monkey is too busy eating spaghetti--all day, in all ways--to play with her friend Freddie.

This book introduces children to the natural defensive weapons in their bodies, including earwax, skin, stomach acid and more.