When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.

After discovering a tiny, delicate, china doll in an old trunk, Rose is amazed when the doll comes to life, claiming to be a princess, and starts ordering Rose about.

When a young boy goes out to trick-or-treat on Halloween, he encounters a spooky forest full of bones.

A child enjoys a camping trip with Grandma that includes hiking, canoeing, fishing, and cooking out.

Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. In a poetic text, Marion Dane Bauer takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while vivid illustrations...

A precious poem describes the qualities of mothers, illustrated by different animal mothers and a human mother.

One brown bunny goes out one day and finds many friends who would like to play.

Frog learns how to share his best friend, Turtle, with the other animals.

While Kaye and her parents are driving during a bad snowstorm to her grandmother's house on Christmas Eve, their car spins off the road and they take refuge in a house where Kaye meets a ghost in a green cloak.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the scientist, inventor, and American historical figure.