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Trip, trap, trip, trap! Three goats, one troll, and a bridge your kids will want to cross again and again.
かた こと かた こと! 3びきのやぎと1ぴきのトロル。子供が何度でも渡りたくなる橋のお話です。

Laci is scared of the dark, of dogs, even of other kids. Then a little red lion moves into his pocket, and everything starts to change.
暗いところも、犬も、友達もこわいラチ。ある日、小さな赤いライオンがやってきて、少しずつ毎日が変わっていきます。

Harry hates baths. So he runs away, gets gloriously dirty, and comes home to find his family doesn't recognize him.
お風呂がきらいなハリーは家をとびだし、真っ黒になって帰ってきます。ところが家族は、ハリーだと気づいてくれません。

The bus driver has one rule: don't let the pigeon drive the bus. Then the pigeon asks your child. And asks. And asks.
運転手さんとの約束はひとつ。「ハトに運転させないで」。するとハトが、読んでいる子にお願いしてきます。何度も、何度も。

The book that seems to be in every family's home, and the one most likely to make the grown-up reading it cry.
どの家に行っても本棚にある一冊。そして、読んでいる大人のほうが泣いてしまう一冊です。

Small Pig loves nothing more than sinking into soft, squishy mud. So when the farmer's wife cleans it all away, he runs off to find more.
こぶたは、やわらかい泥にずぶずぶ沈むのが何より好き。ところがおばさんが泥をきれいにしてしまったので、新しい泥を探しに出かけます。

A tree that gives a boy everything she has, for his whole life. Kids hear a simple story; grown-ups often find themselves with a lump in their throat.
少年に、一生をかけてすべてを与え続ける木。子供にはシンプルなお話、大人には胸がじんとするお話です。

David tracks mud through the house, plays with his food and runs down the street with no clothes on. Kids can't stop laughing.
どろんこの足で家を歩き、食べ物で遊び、はだかで外にとびだすデイビッド。子供たちは笑いが止まりません。