FAVOURITE STORIES OF ROGER DUVOISIN

Favorite Stories of Roger Duvoisin (Dover Editions, 2016). This single-volume edition gathers four of the most famous animal stories by Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Roger Duvoisin. Richly illustrated with charming watercolor images, the tales of friendship and discovery include:

The Crocodile in the Tree: A crocodile is kind and friendly, but because of his scary-looking teeth, no one wants to be friends with him - until Bertha the duck takes him under her wing.

See What I Am: Max the kitten observes as primary colors develop into secondary colors in the many-hued world of nature.

Periwinkle: A lonesome giraffe, unable to communicate with other creatures, is delighted to meet a frog that speaks the same language. Both animals discover that being able to talk really isn't more important than listening.

Snowy and Woody: A polar bear who's as white as the snow sets out from his Arctic home to investigate southern lands where bears are brown and grass is green.

For nearly half a century, Roger Duvoisin has entertained children all over the world with his amusing stories and endearing animal personalities, such as Petunia, the silly goose, Veronica, the friendly hippo, Jasmine, the independent cow, and Crocus, the not-so-sure-of-himself crocodile. The Happy Lion, one of his most popular characters, resulted from a collaboration with his wife, Louise Fatio. He wrote and illustrated forty books, and illustrated over 100 more by other authors. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for White Snow, Bright Snow and a Caldecott Honor in 1966 for Hide and Seek Fog. Today, his children's books continue being released in new editions.