As the zoo keeper snored, the great lion roared, and the octopus borrowed the keys. With tentacles nimble, he found it quite simple, to open the lock with some ease. Children will delight in watching the zoo keeper sleep as the animals around him cause pandamonium! Fantastic illustrations by award-winning artist, Mark Chambers bring each of the animal's characteristics to life and humorous text by Dan Crisp ensure that each spread is bursting with...

Building on the Ripley's board book firsts, this fun and silly illustrated guide to opposites will delight kids and adults alike! What's more fun than learning opposites, especially when they're as delightfully drawn as these! Kids will enjoy seeing silly characters illustrating everyday opposites like day and night, as well as some sillier ones, like clean and dirty. Drawn by our own Ripley cartoonist, understanding opposites has never been more...

The train rolls along slowly at first, slowly enough to count the cars, to name their colors, and identify their functions, until it starts to pick up speed.

"Relates the experiences of a dark-skinned, curly-haired child who is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is"--