Helen Ward

• Aug-1991
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• Aug-1991
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• Sep-1992
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• Aug-1993
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• Sep-1997
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Adapted from a traditional tale, this beautifully illustrated picture book tells of hundreds of birds gathering to choose a king. They cannot decide if the king should be the bird with the biggest beak or the one with the most colorful feathers. F...

• Mar-1999
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Join one fast hare and one slow tortoise, along with a whole host of other animals, to discover who will be the winner of a most unusual race. Award-winning illustrator and author Helen Ward's gorgeous artwork breathes new life into the classic f...

• Sep-2001
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• Apr-2002
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A hairy red hermit crab who has outgrown his shell searches for a new one among the creatures of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, in a tale that includes a key which identifies the coral reef animals in the illustrations....

• Jan-2003
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The fate of a very vain rooster, Chanticleer, is in question when his pride causes him to be outwitted by a cunning visitor to the farmyard, in an illustrated version of an ancient tale that includes many rare breeds of farm animals in the pictures....

• Jun-2003
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Having lived a quiet and lonely life, George is surprised to discover that he has been given the gift to see dragons, but as they appear in great numbers, George also realizes that this gift means that he is the chosen one to lead these powerful crea...

• Oct-2003
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There was once a wide, windswept place, near nowhere and close to forgotten....

In the middle of a dark, lonely wasteland filled with old scrap metal lives an old man. Every night he dreams of a lively forest, full of sunshine, plants, birds...

• Sep-2004
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• Sep-2004
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For over 2,500 years the simple stories and wry humor of Aesop's fables have entertained children and adults alike. Their lessons have seeped into the very fabric of our language, as evidenced by expressions such as "sour grapes" and "a wolf in sheep...

• Apr-2005
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Although mutual fear and distrust keep the nearby villagers apart from the old man who lives on a hill, when floodwaters threaten the old man and his menagerie of strange animals, one villager is brave enough to rescue the man and his animals. By the...

• Mar-2007
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Living a quiet life on the moon with his Little Moon Dog, the Man on the Moon is surprised when a group of touring fairies shows up and decides to hang out with him, but when they suddenly whisk him far away from his companion and the home he loves, ...

• Apr-2008
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Striking, surreal illustrations and a haunting, evocative text tell a mysterious tale of a threatened natural world -- - and a hopeful new start.

Once, the only sounds to be heard were the buzzing of bees in the grass, the murmuring of moles ...

• Dec-2011
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For scientist and intergalactic explorer Snutt, nature on a new planet is beautiful, wonderful… and empty, with no one to share it with. Then Snutt makes one more discovery that changes everything! With lush and wondrous illustrations of the flora ...

• Sep-2012
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A gorgeously illustrated and poetically written classic, set in a 1930s-era city at Christmastime Rediscover the tale of the simple country mouse, magically retold by Helen Ward. Beguiled by his cousin’s amazing tales, the country mouse visits t...

• Feb-2015
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One bird searches for the perfect print for his plumage in this original story.

A young guinea fowl concerned by his lack of spots sends off for some in the mail. When the box arrives, the spots aren’t quite what he was expecting. After tryi...

• Jun-2020
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• Nov-2021
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