For most of Ben's life, he has been a kid without a mom. He has his dad, who knows Ben doesn't like oatmeal and always hugs Ben before bed. And he has Sunshine, his loyal little dog, who is never far from his side. But his mom, who left when he was young, has just been a story, faint in his memory. Now he's about to spend a whole week with her on her remote island in the middle of the northern Minnesota wilderness. Though he's nervous about bears...

When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.

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

Describes in verse the lion that is March weather, which finally gives way to the lamb of spring.

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.

When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.

Uses simple text and photographs to capture baby animals as they move about in the wilderness, along with sections that provide brief facts about each animal and a sketch of its footprints.

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 fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.