Sharing

Monica's Papa is making his famous butter chicken, and Monica can't wait to help him prepare it! As Monica helps Papa cook, he tells her stories of his childhood in Delhi: how he ate this dish with his father, of love and laughter, family and friendships - all beautiful bonds forged through sharing and built around the dinner table. But when the butter chicken is ready, everyone starts to turn up at the door with their own dish. Monica is suddenly sad. She's not sure she wants to share her butter chicken, or her Papa! But Papa gently reassures Monica that the love he has for her is the strongest of all.

Mikey the T. rex loves donuts, but he doesn't like sharing. When Mikey's delicious donuts start to disappear one by one, he thinks the reader is taking them, but he is too busy worrying about his donut dilemma to see what's right behind him. Will Mikey ever learn to share?

There was once a hare who did NOT like to share. What is the point of sharing? thinks the hare. The more I give away the less there is for ME. But even the hare can appreciate the lovingly tended carrot patch created by the neighbouring rabbits. So, when a huge boar threatens to destroy the patch, will this hare come to see that giving things up for others means that you can gain so very much MORE of the most important things in life?

Do I have to share everything? Why is it more fun to share? Can sharing help the world? Discover the importance of taking turns, being fair and sharing our planet with all living things.

The animals of the jungle are all very good at sharing and taking turns. All except Hog. Hog barges and grabs, yells and stomps. He's greedy and bad-tempered and terribly, terribly rude. Until, that is, he meets a tiger - an impeccably polite tiger with very sharp teeth - and suddenly the animals see a very different side to Hog.

Greedy squirrels Cyril and Bruce both have their sights on a very special prize: THE VERY LAST NUT OF THE SEASON! As the nut bounces crazily though the forest, the squirrels race after it, between the trees, over boulders, down the river and - ARGH! - right to the edge of a waterfall! Working together might be the only way to save themselves now...

Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles. And there is only one hat!

When one toddler in a childcare setting takes all the toy animals for herself, she discovers that monopolizing all the toys can be a bit lonely. Will offering one of the animals to another child help bridge the gap?

When a little hermit crab finds a shiny new shell he doesn't want to share it - not with a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm.

Little Miss Sunshine and Mr Cool love sharing, but sometimes it can be difficult to share. Mr Grumpy and Little Miss Stubborn find it particularly hard. Will they learn to enjoy sharing too with some help from their friends?

Bear and Hare have gone for a walk, but every nice thing they find on the way, Hare wants all for himself. He even gobbles up a lovely ice cream without offering a bite to his best friend. Can Bear teach Hare how to share?

Ruby the dragon follows all the rules in her Dragon Rule Book: she steals from everyone, and NEVER shares her treasure with ANYONE! The other animals are desperate - until they come up with a clever plan to change the Dragon Rules.

This romping rhyming story from award-winning author Jeanne Willis is all about a little rhino who likes to make the rules! When Rhino finds a tree bursting with fruit, he isn't about to share it with anyone - after all, he's in charge round here! But it looks like things are about to change.

When Bear and Hare try to reach some juicy pears, they realise they need some help. Hare finds three chairs but is it fair that Hare has two chairs and Bear only one? When they have the same, Hare still can't reach the pears! So a little friend teaches them that fair isn't always everyone getting the same thing - with hilarious results!

Alfie has another unusual guest come to visit, a porcupine. Alfie suggests different games they can play, but the porcupine doesn't like to share! Alfie shows him different toys, but every time the porcupine shouts 'Mine!'

Elena loves her impressive collection of wonderful seashells. So, when a sneaky shell escapes, Elena uses all her efforts to get it back. Only then she discovers that the shell is home to a hermit crab. Will she find it within herself to help the hermit crab, or is keeping her shells her one and only priority?