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Now available as a series of board books, Paola Opal's Simply Small series features cute baby animals with distinct personalities who find clever ways of solving their problems. The latest instalment follows Pippy the smallest baby seahorse. When a big fish comes, Pippy is too small to keep up with the group. Can smart little Pippy find a different way to avoid the big fish?

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Saffy chosen as the Canadian Toy Testing Council Top 10 Great Books for Children 2010 Perry chosen as the Canadian Toy Testing Council Top 10 Great Books for Children 2011. Praise for Saffy, first book in the Simply Small series: Chosen as a top pick by Canadian Children's Centre, Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2009 Chosen as the Resource Links - Year's Best 2008 An ambitious giraffe wants to do everything grownups do, but she's too small to reach a leaf on even the lowest branch, and too stubborn to let her mom do it for her. - Canadian Family, Review of Saffy Praise for Perry: Perry the baby polar bear swims his first stroke towards independence, and finds his way back to mommy again. The satisfying story manages to have a beginning, middle and end with just five or fewer words per page. - Canadian Family Praise for Totty: - Best books for Kids & Teens 2010 Chosen Title, CCBC - A newly hatched sea turtle, a baby giraffe anxious for independence and a little elephant who wants more than anything to help his mother ... These are the endearing characters in Simply Read Books' board book series, Simply Small, by Paola Opal. Review, Canadian Children's Book News, 2010 - The simple illustrations in this sweet book will charm little ones and keep them returning to its pages again and again. - Children's Book Corner - Opal uses repetitive language as well as familiar, expected patterns that help young children feel comfortable with the content and excited about the unfamiliar and unexpected. - Resource Links - A charming tale that's just perfect for the youngest readers - ABC Best Books for Children Praise for Saffy Looks for Rain: - During the typical Book Baby day, a few of the babies will look at the book, some will look all over the place and others will be wandering around the room while mom's try to gather them up. Not this day!! Saffy was a hit. Every baby in the room was transfixed by the story - possible attracted by the bold lines and solid colors. It was a great day and I plan to try others by Paola Opal in the near future!! - Litlebook's Spot - Bare beauty is what you find in the Simply Small Series book, Saffy Looks for Rain by Paola Opal. The story is sweet and almost haiku-like. - Word of Mouse Book Reviews

<p>Saffy chosen as the Canadian Toy Testing Council Top 10 Great Books for Children 2010Perry chosen as the Canadian Toy Testing Council Top 10 Great Books for Children 2011. Praise for Saffy, first book in the Simply Small series: Chosen as a top pick by Canadian Children's Centre, Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2009Chosen as the Resource Links - Year's Best 2008 An ambitious giraffe wants to do everything grownups do, but she's too small to reach a leaf on even the lowest branch, and too stubborn to let her mom do it for her. - Canadian Family, Review of Saffy Praise for Perry: Perry the baby polar bear swims his first stroke towards independence, and finds his way back to mommy again. The satisfying story manages to have a beginning, middle and end with just five or fewer words per page. - Canadian Family

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Paola Opal is a full-time artist and designer and the two-time recipient of the Canadian Toy Testing Council Best Book for Children Award for the ""Simply Small"" series, and the recipient of the 2004 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design. She lives in Vancouver, BC.

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