Geneviève Côté

A gently humorous picture book for all ages that celebrates friendship and encourages self-acceptance.

Mr. King wants to build himself a BIG castle. So he uses the closest available material to make the blocks he needs -- the land around his house that just happens to be home to his forest friends. When Mr. King's friends make him see what he's done, he realizes he's made a BIG mistake. Can he be king of his castle and a good friend, too? Young readers will delight in this second adventure of the shortsighted but well-meaning Mr. King.

"Mr. King likes pretty things. He also likes machines. So when he discovers a flower that has been nibbled by a caterpillar, he builds himself a Caterpillar-Catcher. Off he zooms--unaware that his machine is filling the sky with smoke and that his friends are calling him to stop! When he finally does, his friends are not happy. But with some imagination, Mr. King figures out a way to green his machine--and the world around him!"--

Is there really an elephant sunbathing in the garden?

PENSES-Y2FOIS Dans la jeune trentaine, neuf ans après avoir allaité mon bébé à fond la caisse de lait, l'élasticité de ma peau, ayant plutt décidé de foutre son tonus et sa fermeté à la porte, je décide de m'offrir un beau cadeau: une première chirurgie esthétique mammaire. Ce qui me redonne aussitt ma jeune apparence de pompom girl de vingt-deux ans. Mais hélas, comme tout ce qui monte doit redescendre, quinze ans plus tard, surprise!...

Little Monday, a baby rabbit, searches for his mother with the help of his woodland friends.

Refusing to cry even though everyone cries sometimes, a tough little phoenix receives help from his reassuring guardians, Sun, Wind, and Cloud, while learning how to express his feelings.

Welcomes a new baby into the world with thoughts of what it might accomplish in life.

Ten-year-old Jake's summer starts off badly, goes downhill when his family visits Los Angeles, California, and his old friends are too busy for him, then gets even worse after he disagrees with Minn when her family joins his for a trip to Disneyland.

When Splash needs to learn how to be quiet, her grandfather takes her for swimming lessons. Splash is a little sea serpent who enjoys splashing around. But all communities need quiet sometimes. Will Splash learn how to calm down? He's frightened of being quiet so having to do so seems unfair. But fears have to be faced and, across 44 full-colour illustrations, Splash will inevitably learn this for himself. In the other Tiny Tails (Simply Read) titles,...