Andre dreads Thursdays. Thursday is the day before Mama gets paid at work each week -- it's the day when money is tight and spirits are low for Andre and his older brother and sister. As report car…
A series of candid reflections by the youngest of three sisters on her daily relationships with her older sisters and family.
Sunny the meerkat lives with his enormous family in the Kalahari desert. One day Sunny goes to visit his mongoose cousins. But from the watery world of the Marsh Mongoose to the nocturnal lifestyle…
Think and discuss: Who takes care of you?
Think and discuss: What do you do with your family?
Think and discuss: Who packs your bag in the morning?
While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with …
Dog In, Cat Out. These same four words and exuberant watercolor illustrations chronicle a family's busy day. From early morning until late at night, a toddler and her family follow their routines. …
Sisters are different in so many ways, yet alike in many more. But there is one heartfelt way in which they are most alike—they love each other so very much. David McPhail's celebration of the j…
On January 1, 1935, Rose Samuels bids good riddance to a dry, desolate year and begins a new one. The severe drought has left the fields too dry for crops and the farms are all failing. Times are t…