Join Bobo the Orangutan on his quest to find the perfect pillow and ensure a good night's sleep. Bobo is sure one of his jungle friends will be able to help. He plucks a feather here and a tuft of hair there but only causes upset! Bobo is left despondent and still without a pillow. But when Elsie the elephant enthusiastically strokes Bobo and wraps him up in her trunk in an effort to play, Bobo gets very upset indeed. Will Bobo and Elsie both learn an important lesson about asking permission? Beautifully illustrated, QEB's Storytime series introduces young children to the pleasures of reading and sharing stories. Featuring charming animal and human characters, the books explore important social and emotional themes like friendship, gratitude, perseverance, and overcoming fears. A Next Steps page at the back provides guidance for parents and teachers.

Oh No, It’s Story Time is a vibrant and beautifully illustrated book that puts a fresh and funny spin on one of the challenges parents face when raising young ones: telling a good bedtime story. This book is the first in a series that transports parents and children into original and imaginative places and experiences centered on relatable family life. Oh No, It’s Story Time puts an übercool, adventurous twist on bedtime antics in which an exhausted dad takes his restless children on an out-of-this-world experience in an effort to get them to go to bed. Hopefully, exploring the solar system will be just what the kids need to lull themselves into dreamland. Get ready for a book the whole family will learn from, find entertaining, and absolutely love.

Henry lives in his own world of happiness and doesn't understand how it has created problems for others.

Photographs and words illuminate Butoh dance.

Credited as the face of American speed skating, Apolo Anton Ohno has done much to bring the sport out of obscurity. According to the United States Olympic Committee, Ohno holds the record for most medals won by a U.S. Winter Olympian: two golds, two silvers, and four bronze. This compelling edition provides a balanced biographical overview of Apolo Anton Ohno. Chapters discuss his childhood being raised by a single father, his decision to pursue speed skating, and his appearances at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympic games.

Absurdity, social realism, and the indepth examination of the human condition are but a few of the themes that comprise the contents of the seventythree short stories breathing menacingly between the covers of this book. Humor attacks surrealism on a landscape sun-saturated with saintly thought and intense clarity creations first simple act of pure effervescence getting drowned.

A biography of the short-track speed skating champion and winner of two Olympic medals--one silver, one gold-- in the 2002 Winter Games.