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Aaron grows his hair long to look like his father. When it starts to annoy him, he says, "Hair I hate you!" The hair jumps off his head and runs away. With Aaron in frantic pursuit, it attaches itself to just about everyone and everything, resulting in a huge traffic jam.

One night Kristen’s mom goes off to the hospital to have a baby. But Dad gets lost on the way, and ends up at the zoo instead. When they get home, Kristen takes one look at the baby and says, “That’s not my baby brother — it’s an alligator!” So the parents go off t...

Andrew’s tooth is killing him, but it just won’t fall out. So what do they do? Call the Tooth Fairy, of course!Andrew bites into an apple and his loose tooth hurts. So his dad tries to take it out with a big pair of pliers, but no luck. So ...

Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . BEAR!It's breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for breakfast!

Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . Makwa!It's breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for bre...

Helen loves springtime — except for the gazillions of blackflies and mosquitoes. But she has a plan . . .One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows that the blackflies will be coming out soon. S...

On Halloween, Lance decides that he is going to paint his face instead of dressing up. He tries three times until he gets it just right — scary enough that his father falls over when he sees it. Then he goes out trick-or-treating. He goes to two houses, where the adults fall...

Ruth and Barbara are on their way home from school when Ruth falls and scrapes her knee. Luckily an ambulance is driving by, picks and takes them to the hospital. Once there, the girls are left to wait, and wait . . . and WAIT. They are so bored that they...

It's Saturday morning and Ashley just wants to go outside and play. Who cares if her hair is messy? Mom does!Ashley hates it when her mom puts braids in her hair. It looks nice when it's done, but she has to sit still for hours while her mom brushes and...

Leonardo has been making people laugh since he was a baby – when the teacher asks him to stop being the class clown, can he do it?Leonardo has been funny since he was born: he was a funny baby, he was a funny toddler, he was a funny first-grad...

Stephanie and Sean’s class goes on a trip to the museum where they get to watch baby chickens hatching. That gets them wondering what might be hatching out of the bigger eggs nearby.They ask the museum guide to show them the biggest egg in the museum. When they fi...

This laugh-out-loud tale is now available in picture book format!Ali and Kate are out snowmobiling with their dad when Ali yells “STOP!” She can't wait any more — she just has to jump in the snow.Her sister Kate warns her that it's not a go...

Robert Munsch's hilarious take on bathtime is a long overdue tribute to the kids who dread taking them—and the poor parents who dread giving them!Adam is covered in dirt. His hands are dirty. His face is dirty. And his feet are dirty....

Kelsey would rather live in ONE house . . . . But if she has to live in two, she’ll do it in comfort!Kelsey thinks she should live in one house and her mom and dad should visit her. Instead, she puts her books and her unicorn picture and her ...

It's a very Munsch Christmas!Canada's best loved author and illustrator team creates a festive story to ring in the holiday season — based on Robert Munsch's own family!Every year Julie finds the Christmas presents her parents hid: in the basem...

Kristi wants to go fishing with her dad — and makes the most amazing catch EVER!A simple story about a great day of fishing for a girl and her dad — with a whimsical, fantastical, outrageous Robert Munsch twist, of course!Kristi has finally p...

Amy stays up late watching TV, and in the morning she doesn’t get up for school. Her whole family tries, to no avail, to get her on her feet. Finally, they give up and take her to school in her bed. There she snores away, through math, through recess, through gym, through En...

After almost 170,000 votes tallied, the winning story of our Pick-A-Munsch contest is here!In Fall 2010, Scholastic Canada launched a promotion that allowed young readers to help select the story by Robert Munsch to be published as his 30th book with Scholastic Cana...

This adorable tale is now available in picture book format!On the day Thea is mad at Mommy, she and her little brother Tate go for a walk around the block. They meet a snail, a skunk, a porcupine, and a gorilla, and get a hug from each one — but the h...

When Taylor was a baby, her grandma gave her a blanket. Now she is six and she still takes that blanket everywhere – until her brother borrows it to mop up a mess. When he tries to get the stain out, it only gets worse... and worse, and worse, with each additional attempt to...

Andrew's mom is SO embarrassing — he can't take her anywhere!! It's time for Andrew to get new sneakers, but when his mother offers to take him to the mall, Andrew is hesitant. His mother always embarrasses him whenever they are in public, but she promises to be good, so off th...

Will Matthew ever get some peace in his own room?Not a chance if his relatives have anything to say about it!Matthew's family has a brand-new trailer, which includes a brand-new room for Matthew — a room of his own! Or so his mother says...

At last — Canada's favourite storyteller takes on Canada's most beloved pastime!Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense—there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad...

It’s fall, and the front yard is full of colourful leaves. Dad asks Sidney and Alex to rake them all up, and when they find Dad’s fancy new leaf blower in the garage they are excited to try it out.What could possibly go wrong?Fans and new readers alik...

A moving story of love and remembrance — for anyone who has ever lost a loved one.Young Sarah can't sleep following her grandpa's funeral, so she wakes up her dad in the middle of the night. He agrees to take her where Grandpa used to take him as a boy ...

A classic Munsch tale with a fresh new look!When Madison’s grandma comes for a visit, they visit a face painter in the park. Madison doesn’t want an ordinary picture on her face, though — not a scary face, not a regal tiger, not a delicate butterf...

There?s nothing more beautiful than a smart kid!Julie wants to be BEEEEEEAUTIFUL! She's saved up all her money and robbed her little brother's piggy bank to buy some MMMMMAKEUP. Julie buys all kinds of makeup: red and purple stuff for her hair, green stuff for h...

When Christopher goes into the basement and sees a pile of play clay in the corner, he decides to cook up some mischief. Wap, wap, wap - he shapes the clay into cookies, and then decorates them with sugar, icing and raisins, all of play clay.Christopher's pa...

Munsch and Martchenko turn their creative attention on a moose — with hilarious results!Luke gets up early one Saturday morning and finds a moose in the backyard. He wakes up his dad, and then his mom, and each declares that "mo...

This favourite Munsch title gets a brand-new lookSamuel has woken up hungry and it seems that nothing can satisfy him. Luckily, there's a pie-eating contest in the park, where Samuel eats not one, not two, but six pies! To everyone's surprise, h...

Moving day has never been so much fun!Moving day is never easy, especially when there are little kids around. Mom and Dad can really use big sister Danielle's help in taking care the little kids. And she knows just how to keep them out of the way �...

Lacey never puts her clothes in the laundry hamper, until once morning she goes to get dressed for school she finds she has . . . no clean clothes!Her mom tells Lacey to wear a shirt her grandma gave her — a weird one that says: “Kiss me, I’m perfect!” Lacey...

Rene’s parents are as nice as can be. When Rene asks her father to build her a playhouse, her father says “good idea,” and builds her one. When Rene tells her mother that her playhouse needs a play barn, Rene gets that too! But before long Rene wants a play cow, a play t...

A fresh, new look for this Must-Have Munsch story!On their way home from a field trip, the class meets a famous writer who says he is looking for a kid to put in a book. Hailey volunteers, so the writer flattens her out, folds her up, and stuffs her in....

Everyone loves Pyjama Day!It's pyjama day at school, and Andrew has brought the perfect pair of pyjamas to wear. They feel perfect, they smell perfect, and they even taste perfect. In fact, they are so perfect that as soon as he puts them (yawn) . . . on (yawn) . . ...

Miranda's dad is running his first big race, and Miranda is there to cheer him on. But wait.... Is it really the other way around?Miranda’s dad is going to his very first marathon. But they get there late and Dad sends Miranda to get him some ...

This favourite Munsch tale gets a fresh new cover treatment!After their father reads them a story about lions, Elena and Isaac decide to become lions too. Growling their way through breakfast, and gnawing on "bones", they soon trot off to school. But it's only w...

This favourite Munsch title gets a brand-new look"Do we have everything?" asks Matthew's dad. "NO!" yelled Matthew. "No?" said his dad. "No!" said Matthew. "We don't have dog." "Dog?" s...

What is the secret behind Arie's red hair?Alex is dying to know why Arie's hair is so red. So he asks him if there if there is a secret to it all, or better yet, something he can do to turn his own black hair red?Soon he's following ...

Tina's new socks are so wonderful she vows to wear them every day! But they begin to smell really, really bad because Tina will not take them off — even to be washed. The kids finally drag Tina down to the river and make her wash those stinky socks, driving away all the fish wi...

A very Munsch Christmas! Grandma is baking Christmas cookies, so she asks Lincoln and Georgia to decorate the tree. And what a tree it becomes! In addition to the lights, garlands and balls the kids compete to add some very special and extremely noi...

Victoria’s perfect birthday meal comes from a very unexpected place!Victoria’s grandmother is taking her out for a very special birthday lunch. And because it’s a very special birthday lunch, Victoria’s grandmother takes her to a very fancy restaurant. But b...

Jamaal may be the oldest kid in his family, but he somehow got stuck with the smallest room. His parents agree that it isn’t fair, but that is just how it is. But Jamaal isn’t satisfied by the answer – if his parents aren’t going to fix the house, he will use creativit...

A classic Munsch tale with a fresh new look!Temina is excited about taking a trip on an airplane, and super-excited to include ALL of her toys and dolls on the trip as well.Until mom says: “You can bring just ONE doll.”Impossible! How ...

Matthew’s parents think he should play on a sports team. How will he ever learn about teamwork if all he does is draw pictures all day?His mom signs him up for baseball. But out on the field, Matthew is too busy looking at stuff to catch the ball.When a ball fa...

Anna loves to climb, even if she’s not always successful. What’s more, she’s impossible to stop!Up, up, up she goes, to the very top of the enormous tree in her yard. “Be careful!” says her mother. “Come down!” says her father.But getting An...

It's the first day of kindergarten and Amanda and Jeremiah have a problem. They both want to read the same books. They want to paint with the same paints. And they refuse to share. The teacher tells them, "Look. This is kindergarten. In kindergarten we share. We share everythi...

It’s finally time for Lauretta to get a new wheelchair. But she isn't satisfied with a regular 5- or 10- speed model. Nothing will do but the 92-speed, black, silver and red, dirt bike wheelchair!When Lauretta gets a speeding ticket during her tryout of the super whee...

Kristen's parents bring the new baby home from the hospital. But this baby can't be Kristen's little brother!One night Kristen's mom goes off to the hospital to have a baby. But Dad gets lost on the way, and ends up at the zoo instead. When they get home,...

This Munsch story is now a colourful, durable board book edition designed just for toddlers!Ali and Kate are out snowmobiling with their dad when Ali yells “STOP!” She can’t wait any more; she just has to jump in the snow.Her s...

Thea and her little brother Tate need a hug — but sometimes, only a Mommy Hug will do.When Thea gets mad at mommy, she and her little brother go for a walk around the block.They meet a snail, a skunk, a porcupine, and a gorilla, and get a hug from e...

Robert Munsch's bestselling hockey story is now a board book — specially revised for the toddler set! In this classic tale of hockey and community, young Ciara is has no rink to play on, so she decides to create her own rink . . . one teaspoon at a ti...

A playful, clayful Munsch classic—now available in a sturdy board book edition!Christopher LOVES to play with play clay, and has great time fashioning a delicious-looking cookie out of it. But when he goes looking for someone to take a bite (Y...

This favourite Munsch story is now a colourful, durable board book edition designed just for toddlers!Luke gets up early one Saturday morning and finds a moose in the backyard. He wakes up his dad, and then his mom, who each declare that "moose never come...

What goes up must come down!Anna loves to climb. She goes up, up, UP to the very top of anything she can find — the dresser, the refrigerator... the TREE?! Can her mother and father get her down?Up, Up, Down has always been a popular story with ...

It's a lesson in sharing for these youngsters — and for their teacher!It's the very first day of daycare, and Amanda and Jeremiah don't know what to do. They want to play with the same blocks, they want to use the same paint. But the teacher says they have to ...

This amazing collection includes six storytime favourites to read alone or read together. From school stories, to silly pranks, to birthdays and family, these great Robert Munsch tales will have you laughing out loud!Includes Pyjama Day!

A collection of classic Munsch stories! Kids will love these five wacky favourites from Canada’s best-loved storyteller, with all of the original illustrations by Michael Martchenko. Includes: ...

A hilarious collection filled with six bestselling Munsch tales and exciting bonus material!Stories included are:Down the Drain!Put Me In a Book!Too Much Stuff!Moose!Give Me Back My Dad!

A new Munsch anthology with never-before-published bonus material!Five great Munsch stories: We Share Everything!, Aaron's Hair, Up, Up, Down, Makeup Mess, and Playhouse are gathered together in an oversized hardc...

The seventh title in our bestselling series of Robert Munsch collections includes:Ready, Set, Go!So Much Snow!The Enormous SuitcaseGet Me Another One!Moving Day!...

“Yeow!" shouts Andrew. "Do something about my loose tooth. It hurts!" Andrew's dad breaks his pliers trying to pull that tooth. Andrew's mother can't yank it out, either. Both Andrew's dentist and the Tooth Fairy herself are stumped! Finally Andrew's friend Louis comes up wi...

It's breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for breakfast!So Donovan sets off to bag a bear of his own, going on an adventurous hunt through ...

At last — Canada's favourite storyteller takes on Canada's most beloved pastime!Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense—there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad...