Books by Charles Fuge

Yip! Snap! Yap!

by Charles Fuge

By popular demand now in board book format!This rambunctious read-aloud invites the littlest readers to romp through a happy doggy world. The adorable crescendo is sure to have toddlers and puppy fans of any age howling "Encore!"

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Yip! Snap! Yap!

by Charles Fuge

Children will happily woof, ruff, and howl with happiness along with Charles Fuge’s engaging picture book! This time, the award-winning author-illustrator has created an irresistible collection of canine characters, each doing its own doggy thing and making its own fun sound effects. The catchy rhyme and adorable illustrations will entice kids to join in--and read this aloud again and again!

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This Is the Way

by Charles Fuge

Charles Fuge has done it again! The celebrated author and illustrator (I Know a Rhino, Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball, and many others) invites kids on an imaginative journey with a little boy and some friendly animals. The trip’s full of rhythm, rhyme, and color—perfect for reading aloud and gazing at again and again.
Every page is bright with different hues, and each almost-musical refrain introduces a different animal, followed by the boy imitating that particular creature. He scurries like the mouse (“skittle, skittle, skuttle”); hurries like the ladybug (“beetle, battle, buttle”); and creeps like the anteater (“prod, snuffle, poke!”). Children will happily chime in, get moving, and start thinking about what other animals do too!
A Main Selection of the Children’s Book of the Month Club.

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Watch Out, Little Wombat!

by Charles Fuge

The adorable star of Charles Fuge’s best-selling picture book series—including Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball—has returned in a cuddly, silly new adventure. This time, Little Wombat’s going on a Bunyip hunt! And what’s a Bunyip, you ask? It’s a mythical Australian beast that lurks in swamps, bogs, and riverbeds. Wombat is certain the creature exists, even if his friends Rabbit and Koala say there’s no such thing. So he marches off on his own in search of the muddy monster—and has plenty of exciting escapades along the way!
But does he find his Bunyip? Well, it’s not real after all… or is it?

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Watch Out, Little Wombat!

by Charles Fuge

The adorable star of Charles Fuge’s best-selling picture book series—including Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball—has returned in a cuddly, silly new adventure. This time, Little Wombat’s going on a Bunyip hunt! And what’s a Bunyip, you ask? It’s a mythical Australian beast that lurks in swamps, bogs, and riverbeds. Wombat is certain the creature exists, even if his friends Rabbit and Koala say there’s no such thing. So he marches off on his own in search of the muddy monster—and has plenty of exciting escapades along the way!
But does he find his Bunyip? Well, it’s not real after all… or is it?

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Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball

by Charles Fuge, Vicki Churchill

Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball
So no one can see me
because I'm so small.
A new format for the hugely praised bestseller.
Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things-what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Lets look and see. Soft-toned illustrations portray an endearing little wombat and the warm and friendly world around him. Every page is filled with charming details that stand up to repeated viewings: cute mice, rabbits, and turtles peering from behind tall grass, marching pigeons, and a menagerie of other adorable animals. The images, along with the lyrically rhyming text, combine to make a sweet-spirited bedtime story to ease young ones to sleep.

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I Know a Rhino

by Charles Fuge

NOW IN BOARD

These are my friends
I know them, you see.
I know them quite well...
because they live with me!

Charles Fuge's delightful rhyming text and absolutely adorable images bring to life a little girl and her charming animals as they play all day. She spins round with her hippo, blows bubbles in the bath with giraffe, and picnics on brown bread and honey with her bear when it's sunny. And, did you ever meet a leopard in top hat and tail? He's simply the best, as anyone can see. It's the most delightful menagerie imaginable, and the sweetest story--with a little twist at the end.

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Where To, Little Wombat?

by Charles Fuge

In 2001, award-winning author and illustrator Charles Fuge introduced Little Wombat to the world: the wildly popular Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball sold more than 140,000 copies. Since then, the adorable and very childlike animal has starred in another two books and continues to charm both critics and kids. This fourth story in the series is sure to be equally well-loved in its new board format.The grass is always greener on the other side: maybe that’s why Little Wombat thinks his burrow’s boring, while everyone else gets to live someplace exciting. So when Mama suggests he search for a better house, that’s just what Wombat does. It’s not long before he learns: there really is no place like home.

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Gilbert in Deep

by Charles Fuge, Jane Clarke

What happens when hide and seek turns into hide and DEEP? When Gilbert, everyone’s favorite loveable great white shark, and his fishy friend Rita the remora get bored with their usual game, they decide to go over the edge of the reef and into the deep where it’s dark and dangerous, and where Gilbert’s mother warned them never to venture. Since Gilbert claims to be fearless, he and Rita dare to explore the unknown depths of the sea.
Charles Fuge’s beautiful, mysterious illustrations glow with a sea-dappled light. He and author Jane Clarke have created an action-packed tale that transports readers on an exotic adventure.

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Friendly Day

by Charles Fuge, Mij Kelly

Children will laugh out loud at this amusing story of a clever mouse who tricks a hungry cat into sparing his life by telling the cat that it's Friendly Day…the one day in the year when all animals must share, care, and be nice to one another. Bright illustrations and sparkling rhyme follow suit as the cat imagines all the world's animals getting along--from a rhino who knits kitten mittens to a shark having a friendly game of chess with a school of fish.

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