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Erin Alladin
Works published under my real name
Wait Like a Seed
Milkweeds and monarchs star in this nonfiction celebration of the life cycle of a plant. Download “Be a Pollinator Protector at Home” activity sheet.
If You Go Walking
A thoughtful thread of questions (How do seeds know not to grow until spring?) invites young readers to explore the world around them with wonder. In nature, questions are everywhere, and answers can be too, if you know the right places to look.
Download the teaching guide.
Gentle Gardening: A low-energy guide for uncooperative bodies
Yes, you can garden too! Even if you’re short on resources, or energy, or time. Even if you live with chronic illness, pain, disability, brain fog, sensory issues, or low mobility.
Outside, You Notice
The picture book where science meets mindfulness
★ “This lovely book is more than the sum of its parts.”—KIRKUS ★ STARRED REVIEW
Pajama Press High-Value Activity Books
These robust activity books were designed to exercise key math and literacy skills in kindergarten and first-grade curriculums.
Victoria Allenby
Works published under my pen name
“Victoria Allenby” was a pseudonym I adopted early in my career.
Nat The Cat Can Sleep Like That
Nat can sleep through anything, even the world’s most energetic kitten!
But when the lights are all turned out…when there’s nobody about…That’s another story.
Good Morning, Grumple
A grumple, a grumple is hard to awaken. It doesn’t like noises. It hates being shaken.
A fresh, funny picture book that will inspire happy mornings from grumpy children
Rhino Rumpus
Rhino rumpus! Rhino riot! Will these three siblings ever get along?
Two little rhinos getting washed.
One little rhino feeling squashed.
Little push. Little nudge.
Three little rhinos WILL NOT BUDGE!
Victoria Allenby
The Toadstool Corners Collection
Timo’s Garden
One garden. One perfectionist gardener. One week before the tour.
Timo is anxious to make sure his garden is just right before the Great, Green Garden Tour….but he gets so focused that he forgets to take time out for anything else, including his friends.
Timo’s Party
Can Timo be a good friend when it also means overcoming his shyness?
When Timo accidentally finds himself hosting a big party to help his friend Hedgewick, he’s afraid he won’t know what to do or say. With support from his friends, he figures out how to make his own skills—and Hedgewick’s—shine.
Timo Goes Camping
Timo is anxious about his first camping trip…and even more anxious about his friend Suki’s teasing.
Timo and his companions learn as much about navigating friendships as they do about navigating rivers during a camping trip full of mishaps, teasing, and a frank heart-to-heart about boundaries.
Victoria Allenby
The Big, Little Concepts Collection
Shape Up, Construction Trucks!
Dump truck, dump truck, coming through! I spy a triangle—how about you?
In this multi-layered concept book, celebrate kids’ love of big trucks while finding the geometric shapes lurking in their photos.
Listen Up! Train Song
Where do the trains go? There and back. Let’s sing a train song all down the track.
An engaging, multilayered read-aloud that celebrates preschoolers’ love of trains while exploring sound, rhyme, and rhythm
Look Up High! Things That Fly
Look up high! Jet planes fly. How? Where? Look up there! The jet plane soars across the sky.
Indulge preschoolers’ love for things with wings in this jaunty flight, where they won’t even notice the subtle language lesson on prepositions tucked in.
Let’s Add Up!
6 pots + 4 pans = 10 dishes. . . or a feast!
With the imaginative play of these creative preschoolers, exploring the concepts of categorization and adding up to 10 has never been so much fun.
Red Canoe Shows Up at Two!
I spent the day on the dock
And who zoomed up at six o’clock?
A purple speedboat.
Boats and colours pave the way for taking the first steps in learning to tell time. Represented by Léonicka Valcius, Transatlantic Literary Agency.
Construction Trucks Activity Book
Pajama Press High-Value Activity Books are designed to exercise key math and literacy skills in kindergarten and first-grade curriculums.
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