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hannah on the faRM<br />

Marjan van Zeyl<br />

iSBN: 9780863157882 BOARD BOOk FlORiS BOOkS $9.95 14 PAGES<br />

Hannah the hen spends a whole day on the farm looking for a quiet place<br />

to lay her eggs so that she can have her very own chicks. But the pigs grunt<br />

too loudly, the lambs are too playful, the cows are too clumsy... Where can<br />

Hannah find a nice quiet place where her eggs will be safe?<br />

This charming board book for very young children introduces farmyard<br />

animals and their individual characteristics. (Ages 1-3)<br />

Marjan van Zeyl was born in amsterdam. She is also the illustrator of Goodnight<br />

(see p. 11) and The Apple Cake (See p. 23).<br />

PIP the gnoMe<br />

Admar Kwant<br />

board book<br />

board book<br />

iSBN: 9780863157875 BOARD BOOk FlORiS BOOkS $9.95 14 PAGES<br />

Follow Pip the gnome through spring, summer, autumn, and winter as<br />

he plays happily with his woodland friends, the mouse, the robin, the<br />

wren, and the spider.<br />

The colorful illustrations and simple words introduce very young children<br />

to the seasons, with bright green leaves in spring, warm sunshine in summer,<br />

blustery wind in autumn, and falling snow in winter.<br />

A perfect bedtime story that ends with “good night” to Pip. (Ages 1-3)<br />

Admar Kwant lives with her husband and two children in the Netherlands. She<br />

regularly creates illustrations for Educare, a Dutch parenting magazine.<br />

the helPful elves<br />

August Kopisch, Illustrated by Beatrice Braun-Fock<br />

iSBN: 9780863158155 HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS $17.95 32 PAGES<br />

After the people of Cologne go to sleep, the Helpful Elves do their work.<br />

They measure and saw for the carpenter, knead and mix for the baker,<br />

carve and chop for the butcher, taste and pour for the winemaker, and<br />

snip and sew for the tailor. However, no one ever sees them—until one<br />

day the tailor’s wife becomes curious.<br />

This classic picture book is based on a poem<br />

by August Kopisch, with delightfully humorous<br />

illustrations by Beatrice Braun-Fock. (Ages 3-6)<br />

August Kopisch (1799–1853) specialized in retelling<br />

popular legends.<br />

Beatrice Braun-Fock (1898–1973) illustrated over<br />

fifty children’s picture books between 1919 and 1960.<br />

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