Polly Dunbar

Tilly is putting all of her animal friends to bed but Tiptoe the rabbit is definitely not sleepy.

Hector the pig is unhappy when all the other animals want to play with Tilly, but eventually he realizes that he can be happy even though he does not have Tilly all to himself.

When a new boy with autism joins their classroom, the children try to understand his world and to include him in theirs.

"A handbag thief is on the prowl ... and Pru's the victim! But who could have taken it? Surely not her friends ...?Someone has taken Pru's handbag. The green handbag with red spots, with blusher and nail varnish inside. Where is it? And who took it? No one is prepared to own up - but it can't remain a secret for long when her friends are wearing the evidence!"

Alfie has always loved playing in the overgrown garden next door. It is here he plays with Penguin, an enormous black-and-white cat, a stray who Alfie has claimed as his own. But when his next door neighbour's granddaughter, Gace, comes to live with her, she decides Penguin belongs to her.

Tilly's tricycle is too small for her, but it's a perfect fit for Hector. There's a toy car for Pru, a skateboard for Doodle, a scooter for Tiptoe, and Tumpty has a smart set of wheels on his four roller-skates! Everyone's having wheelie good fun - but why isn't Tilly riding her new red bike?

Doodle the alligator awakens feeling "bitey," and soon all of the animal friends are in tears.

Dapper in his hat and flourishing a cane, a very large lion invites himself inside, inquires about Auntie Sue, and spins the two children of the house around the room in a silly dance. He doesn't mind at all if they invite him to lunch, where he gobbles up all his greens and devours the plate, too. When he leans in to ask for dessert, his sharp teeth gleam oh so pearly white, and it seems very possible that he may just bite.

This is an illustrated version of the poem, Owl and the pussycat, which tells the story without words.

On a gray, gray day, a young girl named Katie finds that adding colors to her life brightens up her day.

Tilly and her friends are having a play day at home. There's painting, dressing up, tiddly winks ... and all sorts of sandwiches for lunch. When Tilly realizes this is the Best Day Ever, she and her friends want to make sure they'll always remember it and they decide to make a scrapbook.