Leo Timmers
1) Gus's garage
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English
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Gus's workshop is chockful of useless odds and ends. But when his friend Rico comes over with a problem--his scooter seat is way too small for a rhino--Gus finds just the thing to solve it. He creates a fabulous new vehicular contraption with an old lounge chair! One by one Gus's friends bring him their vehicles and Gus solves their troubles with ingenious solutions--a cooling system made with a fridge that doubles as an ice-cream machine, a burst...
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Caught in a storm, Elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Elephant steps aboard . . . uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here's Dog--can this boat take Elephant's weight? Uh-oh! None of the animals can save the shipwrecked Elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker. Soon...
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English
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Invites young readers to guess which animal is driving each of seven different vehicles by taking clues from how they are dressed.
"From fire trucks to convertibles and snails to elephants, here's a book that's full of toddler favorites! Kids can solve the puzzle: which animal is driving which vehicle? Bold illustrations full of funny details will make kids love reading--and playing--this simple guessing game again and again" --
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Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Papa Monkey and Little Monkey are on their way. But the street is very busy and they are going so slowly! Little Monkey loses patience and jumps onto the fire engine. Up the ladder from there and he joins a TV crew! Then the garbage truck, an aquarium bus, a food cart for rabbits packed with carroty treats, Arctic animals traveling by snow globe, a jewel thief's getaway car . . . There is so much going on in the street, it's become a playground! Each...
6) Franky
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Gecko Press USA
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
Sam has a lot of imagination. He loves robots and looks at the stars, imagining that robots live there. But Sam's parents are so busy doing mundane, ordinary things like vacuuming and gardening that they have lost all their imagination. Although Sam and his parents speak the same language, they don't understand each other. Sam wants to share his beliefs and the only one who can understand him is ... a robot. Thanks to his imagination, Sam builds Franky...
9) Bang
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Publisher
Gecko Press USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When a driver, who is not paying attention to where he is going, crashes into a trash can, he sets off a series of accidents with unexpected outcomes.
10) Happy with me
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Publisher
smalfellow Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A little boy who just can't stop himself from becoming all the animals he reads about. In short order, he's a big, strong elephant, a splashing penguin, a twisted-up octopus, a snail who takes it easy, a super sniffing dog and a high-flying bird.
13) Toot!
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Clavis Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
"Cars and their sounds can be very different. In this book, some of them drive by. Toot! Listen, the first one is already on its way"--P. [4] of cover.
14) Crow
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Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Crow wants to make friends with Finch, Parakeet, and Chickadee, but they all run away from him in fear. He attempts to paint himself in different colors, disguising himself to look more like them, but they are still afraid.
15) Vroom!
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Series
Publisher
Clavis Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A fully little book about different cars and their drivers who pass by.
16) Brum!
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Publisher
Clavis Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
A fully little book about different work vehicles and their drivers who pass by.
17) I am the king
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Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When Tortoise wears a crown one morning, thinking that he is king, all of the other animals have a good laugh until they realize that they would like to be king too!
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"A cast of animal characters are building a brand new playground in a local park and each day of the week contains a different construction plan. The construction project comes together for a rhyming walking tour of a neighborhood, where young readers can learn the days of the week while watching everyone work as a team!"--