Once Upon a Christmas

Turn "Ho ho ho" into "Ha ha ha" with this zany Christmas picture book featuring Santa, Bigfoot, Little Red Riding Hood, unicorns, dragons, and more!.

In Once Upon a Christmas, the Three Bears' Christmas party gets off to a rocky start: Bigfoot can't stop photobombing, the dragon burns the fruitcake, and Jack Frost inadvertently triggers the storm of the century–knocking Santa's sleigh off course and straight into a lake! A soaked St. Nick finds eager helpers in the partygoers, a varied cast of mythical creatures and familiar fictional favorites. The unlikely team rescues the sleigh, just in time to continue the festivities and get Santa on his merry way. Humorous twists and action-packed illustrations will make this story an instant family classic for the Christmas season.

The Night Baafore Christmas

It's Christmas Eve and Bo can't sleep, so he starts counting sheep.

But when the sheep get a glimpse of the Christmas goodies, they scatter, wreaking holiday mayhem all over the house. "Sheep 4 gnaws the stockings--leaves holes in the toes; 5 swallows some garland, and ribbon, and bows!" With a house full of sheep and a mess to clean, will Bo get to sleep before Santa comes? Find out in this hilarious story of a night before Christmas gone baa-dly wrong.

The Night Baafore

the First Day of School

The sheep won’t let Bo sleep in this hilarious tale of what can go wrong when the sheep you count run amok the night before the first day of school.

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Anxious for the first day of school, Bo just wants to fall asleep so he’ll be ready for the day. But when he tries counting sheep, the sheep get bored and scatter, and chaos ensues: “Sheep 5 snags a lunch bag and makes a strange creature. 6 swallows the apple Bo picked for his teacher. Sheep 7 grips scissors, and piece after piece, she snips and she clips, and she trims the flock’s fleece.” Children can count along with Bo as he finds the 10 mischievous sheep misbehaving throughout the house. With a house full of sheep and a mess to clean, will Bo get enough sleep before his big day?

With 10 out-of-control sheep and the beleaguered Bo, this action-packed story will provide comic relief for anyone who might be a little nervous about the first day of school.

The Night Baafore Easter

It's Easter Eve and Bo can't sleep, so he plans to count sheep...

but when the sheep sneak out and get a glimpse of the Easter goodies, chaos ensues. With a houseful of sheep and a mess to clean, will Bo get to sleep before the Easter Bunny comes?

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Counting Elephants

Math + Magic = chaos. A zany book about counting elephants before they disappear!

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Our poor counter just wants to count her ten elephants but - POOF! - her magician friend is making it impossible. Ten, nine, eight... each time we get back to counting, one of the elephants has been changed into something unexpected. Puppies, frogs, peanut butter and jelly, and, of course, a rabbit in a hat appear and disappear in this funny, fast-paced story.