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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2000
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • Original, funny and distinctly Canadian, Eenie Meenie Manitoba is a playful collection of 37 rhymes, chants and poems. From lobsters and maple syrup to skating on the Rideau Canal and grinding prairie wheat, images of Canada fill every page. Plus, ma...




  • A crocodile’s day involves a lot more than swimming and basking in the sun! From the time they awake before the sun rises there’s much to do, starting with getting dressed, eating breakfast, and brushing and flossing their many teeth. Before they...



  • By daylight, the Drumheller dinosaurs rest their ancient bones. But when the moon rises, so do these slumbering skeletons --- ready to tango, fandango, shimmy and shake! This exuberant read-aloud imagines what the dinosaur skeletons of world-famous D...



  • Ahoy, mateys! Let's hop a ship and sail away! On a hot summer day, a wish transforms an urban backyard into a place of breezy high-seas adventure. As our bold Captain and Skipper ride the salty waves, they encounter a beastly sea monster, buried trea...



  • Hippity-hop on board for a read-aloud adventure that will make heads spin and tongues trip faster than a speeding snowball. Lickety-Split is a side-splitting smorgasbord of sights and sounds unlike any other book. Tag along as our hero trips the rhym...



  • Excited that school is out for the year, one crazy crocodile is determined to have a summer to remember and sets out to make the most of the season ahead in this rollicking tale about a mischievous, adventurous, and playful reptile on the loose!...



  • Kids still not up? Still sound asleep? Snoozing rug-bugs in a heap. Time to do whatever it takes. Read aloud from... SHAKE AWAKES! Slimy, Stinky, stuffed with dread? these poems will scare kids out of bed! But, hey, kids, there are poems for you, ...



  • Chock-full of playful pocket-sized poems that capture adventures big and small in a child's day, this collection begs to be read aloud from sunup to sundown! ...






  • Halloween has arrived, but so have spooky skul-a-mug-mugs who frighten the grown-ups into calling off trick-or-treating. It's up to the kids to take back the night! Told in nonsense verse, this scare-fest will have you yak-yawling with fun! ...



  • As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark. First the fireflies come sparkling past, followed by a host of domestic and wild animals, from cats and dog...



  • In Crocs at Work, the team that created the children’s Crocodiles Play! and Crocodiles Say… tackle the world of work -- again with laughs and poetry.

    “Clear, cheerful colors, a sunshiny atmosphere and a pleasant, wicked ebullience make a pe...



  • Spend a rooster summer on the farm with these irresistible read-aloud poems. For the brother and sister in this novel in verse, each day begins with a barnyard wakeup call. During a summer spent on their grandparents’ farm, they collect eggs from t...



  • In the vein of Jack Prelutsky and Dennis Lee comes a celebration of the sky with thirty zippy poems that will lift your spirits and let your imagination soar.

    Award-winning children''s poet Robert Heidbreder captures the magic and beauty of ...



  • Three of Robert Heidbreder’s most beloved books return in this collector’s box set of mini-books. Bright and charming illustrations by Rae Maté complement the hilarious rhyming text of Crocs at Work, Crocodiles Say, and Crocodiles Pl...



  • Musical terms come to life, and kids get to join in! A rhythmic poem is paired with exuberant illustrations of a conductor and his animal orchestra to convey the meanings of seven musical terms. The text contains a succinct physical definition for ea...



  • Alphabet Antics celebrates the many shapes of the lower case letters in short rhymes and vibrant illustrations. By encouraging readers to see the many shapes of the letters, it adds a fresh dimension to the alphabet. Children and adults alike will lo...



  • A boy shares his love of ballet with his cat in this adorable picture book that leaps and glides through ballet terms, famous dancers, and the special bond between a young dancer and his pet.Some cats pounce, snooze, or climb up the curtains. But one...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Robert Heidbreder has published 18 books.

Robert Heidbreder does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Cat Does Ballet, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Robert Heidbreder, Eenie Meenie Manitoba, was published in January 2000.

No. Robert Heidbreder does not write books in series.