Randy Cecil
1) The spaceman
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A tiny Spaceman arrives on a new planet, ready to perform his monotonous tasks--collecting samples, labeling and filing them, and moving on to the next planet. But pausing to look around, the Spaceman is dazzled by the beauty of his surroundings. And when a large bird makes off with his ship, he's forced to venture out into this new world--planet Earth--on foot. Marveling at a varied landscape of flowers, butterflies, and other wondrous creatures,...
3) Lucy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lucy is a small dog without a home. She had one once, but she remembers it only in her dreams. Eleanor is a little girl who looks forward to feeding the stray dog that appears faithfully beneath her window each day. Eleanor's father is a juggler with stage fright. The overlapping stories of three delightful characters, offering a slightly different perspective each time, come together in a truly original, beautifully illustrated book for dog (and...
4) Douglas
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Iris Espinosa goes to the cinema, she doesn't expect to meet a small mouse. And she certainly doesn't expect that mouse to stow away in her sweater pocket. At home, Iris is delighted by the mouse's daring, which reminds her of the actor Douglas Fairbanks. And so begin the adventures of a sweet, plucky mouse named Douglas, who must overcome obstacles aplenty, from hungry cats to broom-wielding humans, as she journeys across the tall rooftops...
5) Duck
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Duck happily raises a duckling that has wandered into the amusement park where she is a carousel animal, but finds that she cannot teach what she herself has always longed to do--fly--and sets out to find real ducks to instruct him.
6) Gator
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When the amusement park where he had been a happy carousel animal closes, Gator decides to explore the outside world but finds it a very lonely place. Lonely for laughter, a carousel animal goes on a courageous journey in Randy Cecil's delightful new picture book. Gator loves everything about being a carousel animal - the flashing lights, the calliope music, and most of all, the laughter. But day by day, week by week, fewer and fewer people come...
8) Brontorina
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.
18) Evermore dragon
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Once there was a girl, a very little girl. And there was a dragon, a very biggle dragon they were friends, evermore. One day, they play a game of hide-and-seek...But, oh, where can little girl be?