Minji's Salon by Eun-hee Choung

There are parallel stories in this book.  First story is of a mom getting her hair done at a fancy salon and the parallel story is the daughter styling the poor family dog.  While the mom is getting orange hair dye put in her hair, the dog is getting different flavors of ice cream mixed in its fur.  When the mom gets back home and sees the mess, she's not angry at all but instead asks if the daughter is the salon's owner.

 

The Twin Princes by Tedd Arnold

The old chicken king is dying and he has twin sons--good Henry and evil Fowler, but they don't know who's older.  The king announces a race and says that whoever's horse is slowest shall be the next king.  Fowler poisons Henry's horse but they end up switching horses so Henry becomes king after all.

 

Max's Magic Seeds by Geraldine Elschner and Jean-Pierre Corderoch

This is a lovely picture book about a young boy named Max whose botanist uncle gives him a potato sack full of seeds.  Each day as he's walking to school, he scatters seeds wherever he sees soil and soon the whole town is abloom.