Books by the author CANDACE FLEMING

Penny & Pip

Penny & Pip

Candace Fleming

A little girl finds a lost dinosaur baby roaming the halls of a museum and is determined to give it a home in this sweet and charming picture book. Penny feels certain that something is following her down the hall as she walks with her class through the Natural History Museum. She looks—nothing. She looks again—still nothing. She looks one more time and spies a verrrrry long neck and a verrrrry long tail on something that looks suspiciously like a baby brontosaurus! Penny might be only five, but she knows dinosaurs are extinct. And yet, one seems to be following her. The little dino and Penny spend time together all over the museum, and when Penny doesn’t see a giant adult dinosaur lumbering around, she realizes Pip—as she’s named him—must be on his own. The only thing to do is to feed him some snacks and take him home with her…if she can figure out how.

Characters: PennyPip

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Smile Lily!

Smile Lily!

Candace Fleming

Lily won't stop crying. Waa, waa, waa! Her mummy tries singing to her, her daddy tries rocking her, her grandma tries nibbling her toes, her grandpa tries feeding her, her uncle tries peekaboo...But none of these tactics for soothing Lily's tears seems to be working, and the family is getting increasingly anxious. That's when Lily's older brother grabs his chance, makes a funny face, and soon the whole family is smiling. This rhythmic, rhyming picture book is guaranteed to charm all members of the family.

Characters: Lily

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Sam and Soraya

Built by Sam & Soraya

In 2022 we welcomed our little twins into the world. Since then we have been building up our home library full of baby books to try and give our boys the best start.

While books with characters called Sam are found in bookstores and charity shops throughout the land, we struggled to find any books with Soraya, Jasper, or Xander.

This gave Soraya the idea to compile a list of books for new parents and then Sam decided to turn it in to a website.