Thea and her little brother Tate need a hug - but sometimes, only a Mommy Hug will do. When Thea gets mad at mommy, she and her little brother go for a walk around the block. They meet a snail, a skunk, a porcupine, and a gorilla, and get a hug from each one - but the hugs are slimy, smelly, pokey, and way too hard! It's not until they get back to mommy that Tate and Thea get a really good hug. Following the success of the revised board book editions of Alligator Baby, We Share Everything!, and Up, Up, Down, Munsch and Martchenko have created their very first original book designed specifically for preschoolers! This book was inspired by a brother and sister from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who Robert Munsch met while on a ski vacation.

This adorable tale is now available in picture book format! On the day Thea is mad at Mommy, she and her little brother Tate go for a walk around the block. They meet a snail, a skunk, a porcupine, and a gorilla, and get a hug from each one -- but the hugs are slimy, smelly, poky and way too hard! It's not until they get back to Mommy that both Tate and Thea get the best hug of all -- a Mommy hug! This gently affirming story from Robert Munsch is already a bestseller in board book format.

This adorable tale is now available in storybook formatin a picture book format!  On the day Thea is mad at Mommy, she and her little brother Tate go for a walk around the block. They meet a snail, a skunk, a porcupine, and a gorilla, and get a hug from each one - but the hugs are slimy, smelly, poky and way too hard! It's not until they get back to Mommy that both Tate and Thea get the best hug of all - a Mommy hug! This gently affirming story from Robert Munsch is already a bestseller in board book format.

When Taylor was a baby, her grandma gave her a blanket. Now she is six and she still takes that blanket everywhere -- until her brother borrows it to mop up a mess. When he tries to get the stain out, it only gets worse . . . and worse, and worse, with each additional attempt to clean it. Finally her panicked brother hides the remains in the couch cushions and hopes that Taylor will never find it. But she does . . . and she is not happy at all, until her mother shares a story and a keepsake of her own. Once again Robert Munsch teams up with Michael Martchenko to create a hilarious and touching tale about a very familiar childhood experience.

Andrew has decided he never needs to go pee ever again, but his parents aren’t too sure. Only one minute into the drive to his grandparents’ house, Andrew changes his mind. A new look for the Classic Munsch picture books brings all of the urgency and fun of I Have to Go! To a new generation of young readers.

Andrew's mom is always embarrassing him. When they go to the mall to buy new shoes, she does it again and again. But this time, Andrew and his friend Taylor-Jae have a plan!

Will Matthew ever get some peace in his own room? Not a chance if his relatives have anything to say about it! Matthew's family has a brand-new trailer, which includes a brand-new room for Matthew - a room of his own! Or so his mother says... Sure enough, before he knows it, the relatives start knocking and his room soon becomes a hotel for cousins and aunts and uncles and dogs. Fed up, and sleeping underneath the trailer (which is the only place to get some privacy!) Matthew hatches a plan to get these guests OUT of his room, once and for all! Robert Munsch created this story after having a chat with a young boy in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The result? A funny romp of a story that will satisfy any Robert Munsch fan, especially those that have had to share their room when company comes!

See below for English description. Les superbes illustrations de Mike Boldt animent à la perfection cette histoire hilarante de Robert Munsch. Lors d'une sortie en mer avec son père, Kristi tombe par-dessus bord. Lorsque son père la secourt, elle tient dans ses mains un énorme poisson. Ni une ni deux, le pêcheur y voit une méthode miraculeuse pour attraper de très gros poissons.   Kristi has finally persuaded her dad to take her fishing. But when a big wave washes her over the side, her dad can't pull her back into the boat because she's holding onto an ENORMOUS fish! As he gets creative with his fishing line, he is able to rescue her, only to toss her back to sea to find more gigantic fish! An over-the-top funny Munsch story that showcases father-daughter bonding time as well as the fine art of fishing. Fun for the whole family! Original title: Get Me Another One!

See below for English description. Un vendredi après-midi, Cassandra décide de rester à l'école. Elle reste après le départ de la gentille enseignante... Elle reste après que le concierge ait passé la vadrouille... Elle reste même après que le directeur de l'école ait éteint toutes les lumières et soit rentré chez lui. Morts d'inquiétude, ses parents partent à sa recherche. Ils sont persuadés que Cassandra a été kidnappée! Lorsqu'ils la retrouvent enfin, ils lui expliquent qu'elle ne peut pas rester dans la classe... mais Cassandra s'en moque : elle ADORE l'école! Le lendemain, Cassandra se lève et enfile ses vêtements d'école. Ses parents lui expliquent qu'il n'y a pas d'école le samedi... mais heureusement, Cassandra a une idée qui pourrait bien amener toute l'école chez elle! Une autre histoire rigolote de Robert Munsch et Michael Martchenko qui démontre à quel point la détermination peut mener loin! One Friday, Cassandra decides she is going to stay at school. She stays after the nice teacher leaves. She stays while the janitor with a tattoo mops the floors. She stays after the mean principal turns off all the lights and goes home. The following day, Cassandra gets up and puts her school clothes on. Her parents explain that it's Saturday and there is NO school on Saturday. Thankfully Cassandra has an idea that might just bring the school environment to her home... Another laugh-out loud story that proves that determination can go a long way! Original title: School Rules!

See below for English description. C'est la journée pyjama à l'école et le dernier pyjama d'Andrew est tout troué. Andrew et son papa vont donc magasiner et trouvent le pyjama parfait. Le lendemain, Andrew enfile son pyjama parfait et s'endort immédiatement. Il dort pendant la récréation et le dîner; il dort aussi tout l'après-midi! Le directeur n'arrive pas à croire qu'Andrew a dormi toute la journée jusqu'à ce qu'il porte lui-même le pyjama parfait d'Andrew... Tomorrow is pyjama day at school, but Andrew's old pyjamas are full of holes. He and his dad go out to buy some new pyjamas and find the perfect pair on a rack that is labelled Perfect pyjamas. Andrew brings his nice new pyjamas to school - but he falls fast asleep as soon as he puts them on! He sleeps through morning recess, lunch, afternoon recess... nobody can wake him up. The principal can't believe Andrew slept through the whole day. He is sure that there is no such thing as perfect pyjamas! Until he puts on Andrew's perfect pyjamas... and falls fast asleep. Original title: Pyjama Day!

At last - Canada's favourite storyteller takes on Canada's most beloved pastime! Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense-there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad says it's too jagged, and her mom says it's too bumpy, and her older sisters don't see why she can't keep going all the way across town, just like they did. But Ciara won't let anybody stop her. And with a little help from the neighbourhood, she knows that her team, the River Rink Rats, will finally win a game on their own brand new rink. In classic Robert Munsch style, this warm fun story of community and hockey takes a hilarious turn. With the excitement and pace of a real hockey match, the River Rink Rats play their final game on their new rink. The pressure is on; the crowd is watching; Ciara has the puck; the crowd keeps watching; the ice starts to...CRACK!; Ciara keeps playing; the ice starts to drift; the crowd starts running; Ciara shoots to SCORE and- You can be sure that no matter how the game ends, there will be hot chocolate!

See below for English description. Les parents de Valérie sont séparés. Ce serait beaucoup plus facile pour elle si elle ne devait pas passer constamment de la maison de sa mère à celle de son père. En effet, chaque semaine, elle doit faire le trajet entre les deux maisons avec sa valise. Elle doit transporter de plus en plus de choses, parce qu'elle ne veut pas laisser derrière ses livres préférés, son cadre préféré, son oreiller préféré, ou même. son animal de compagnie préféré!   Valérie thinks she should live in one house and her mom and dad should visit her. Instead, she puts her books and her unicorn picture and her favourite pillow in her suitcase and takes them with her as she goes back and forth. But what will happen when she decides to pack up the dog? A charming story about a girl making the best of her co-parenting situation, and the mom and dad (and dog!) who love her. Robert Munsch wrote this story for a girl in Calgary, Alberta, who wrote to him and asked for a story about a girl going back and forth to her mom and dad's separate homes, just like her. Original title: The Enormous Suitcase

It's a Munsch-style celebration of the fall season! It's fall, and the front yard is full of colourful leaves. Dad asks Sidney and Alex to rake them all up, and when they find Dad's fancy new leaf blower in the garage they are excited to try it out. What could possibly go wrong? Fans and new readers alike will love this story of what happens when a familiar chore gets a zany twist!

It's a Munsch-style celebration of the fall season! It's fall, and the front yard is full of colourful leaves. Dad asks Sidney and Alex to rake them all up, and when they find Dad's fancy new leaf blower in the garage they are excited to try it out. What could possibly go wrong? Fans and new readers alike will love this story of what happens when a familiar chore gets a zany twist!

A moving story of love and remembrance - for anyone who has ever lost a loved one. Young Sarah can't sleep following her grandpa's funeral, so she wakes up her dad in the middle of the night. He agrees to take her where Grandpa used to take him as a boy - the lighthouse. On the way there, Sarah and her dad drink coffee and eat donuts - just as Grandpa would have liked. When they climb to the top of the lighthouse, Sarah throws a flower out to sea in her grandpa's memory. Inspired after a reading in Antigonish, when a little girl gave Robert Munsch a drawing of a lighthouse at night with a car driving up to it, Lighthouse is a tender story about honouring those who have passed and keeping their memory alive. Janet Wilson's detailed and dramatic illustrations add a warm and gentle touch to a sensitive topic.

A moving story of love and remembrance - for anyone who has ever lost a loved one. Young Sarah can't sleep following her grandpa's funeral, so she wakes up her dad in the middle of the night. He agrees to take her where Grandpa used to take him as a boy - the lighthouse. On the way there, Sarah and her dad drink coffee and eat donuts - just as Grandpa would have liked. When they climb to the top of the lighthouse, Sarah throws a flower out to sea in her grandpa's memory. Inspired after a reading in Antigonish, when a little girl gave Robert Munsch a drawing of a lighthouse at night with a car driving up to it, Lighthouse is a tender story about honouring those who have passed and keeping their memory alive. Janet Wilson's detailed and dramatic illustrations add a warm and gentle touch to a sensitive topic.

Madison loves the "really real" rose the face painter makes for her... but what if it is truly, really, real? A funny story about a magical painting and parents who just won't listen. When Madison's grandma comes for a visit, they go on a trip to see the face painter in the park. Madison doesn't want an ordinary picture on her face, though -- not a scary face, not a regal tiger, not a delicate butterfly. Instead she asks the face painter for just one really real rose on her cheek. Then the family goes shopping... and suddenly the rose starts to GROW. "Look at me!" says Madison "That's nice," says her dad as he looks at tools in the hardware store. "That's nice," says her mom as she looks at pots in the kitchen store. And at first Madison is intrigued by her amazing painting. But that all ends when she realizes that she has twenty-five roses growing on her, and there is a leaf coming out her ear! Grandma is the one who finally listens. They go to the doctor, but the doctor doesn't know what to do. Next they go to the garden store, where the clerk suggests weed killer. Madison refuses. She wants to be kind to the rose, so she buys a huge pot and goes home to take a nap next to it. When she wakes up, the rose is growing in the pot. Grandma takes it home and plants it in the garden, where it waits for its next victim...

A classic Munsch tale with a fresh new look! When Madison's grandma comes for a visit, they visit a face painter in the park. Madison doesn't want an ordinary picture on her face, though - not a scary face, not a regal tiger, not a delicate butterfly. Instead she asks the face painter for just one really real rose on her cheek. Then the family goes shopping . . . and suddenly the rose starts to GROW. "That's nice," says her dad as he looks at tools in the hardware store. "That's nice," says her mom as she looks at pots in the kitchen store. And at first Madison is intrigued by her amazing painting. But that all ends when she realizes that she has twenty-five roses growing on her, and there is a leaf coming out of her ear! Grandma is the one who finally listens. They go to the doctor, but the doctor doesn't know what to do. Next they go to the garden store, where the clerk suggests weed killer. Madison refuses. She wants to be kind to the rose, so she buys a huge pot and goes home to take a nap next to it. When she wakes up, the rose is growing in the pot. Grandma takes it home and plants it in her garden, where it waits for its next victim . . .

A young woman holds her newborn son And looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, Love You Forever has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French). Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in a 8" x 8" size. In gift editions we carry: a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding.