Rhyming text depicts a father sharing with his child such things as seven words that all mean blue and the name of every kind of cloud.

A parent and child enjoy the nighttime world together before bedtime.

This book consists of a collection of over 40 short stories, 30 poems, and 6 essays by Jane Yolen.

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Follows Pretty Princess Pig as she gets ready to throw a party by painting the dining room, baking, and digging up flowers.

In Pumpkin Baby , a young child with an active imagination comes to terms with the imminent arrival of a sibling. Spurred on by trips with her mother to a family farm, she imagines a host of babies-each with their own unique characteristics-and wonders if she could, indeed, love such a brother or sister. Gently and lovingly told by Yolen, and wonderfully illustrated by Susan Mitchell, Pumpkin Baby is a perfect addition to the family library that's expecting a new cardholder. Excerpt from Pumpkin Baby : When I was three years old, old enough to know better, my Mama took a ripe pumpkin from Auntie May's patch of land. Auntie May called out, hoe in hand, "Gonna get a baby that way from all those seeds. A pumpkin baby." Their laughter flew back and forth, back and forth, across the rows. I thought about a pumpkin baby. Would it be orange on the outside. Would it be too heavy to pick up. too round to run and play with me? Would I, could I, ever love a pumpkin child?

In this unusual collection, poems and photographs focus on shapes in nature. Some shapes are found in familiar places: A circle is the sun and a crescent is the moon. But there are imaginative surprises too: an alligator's tooth is a triangle and a frond's shadow forms a square. Related shape words—round, halo, sphere, etc.—are scattered throughout the spreads. This collaboration captures the beauty of shapes in nature in a playful way.

Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the four seasons as icicle popsicles drip, daffodils bloom on hills, fireflies blink on and off, and honking geese fly by.

When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.

Let yourself be drawn into the magical world of the dance with this sumptuous anthology. Love, laughter, betrayal, adventure and tragedy intertwine to create stories that will reach deep into the heart and dreams of the reader. The story of The Sleeping Beauty will whisk you away to the thorny castle where Princess Aurora awaits her prince; the comedy and confusion of Copplia will delight you, and the magical adventures of Clara in The Nutcracker will entrance you.

Five original stories with the flavor of classic folk literature focus on the themes of love, truth, fear, and kindness

Exquisite charcoal drawings embellish seven short stories about love and separation, obedience and loyalty, and the nature of happiness

Six fairy tales: The Moon Ribbon, The Honey-Stick Boy, Rosechild, Sans Soleil, Somewhen, and Pale Mona.

"Aspen (the hostage prince) and Snail (the midwife's apprentice) must gather an army to face the Unseelie forces that want to destroy Aspen's home country"--

A collection of poems explores the underground, from animal burrows and subways to caves and magma. Includes scientific and personal notes on the poems.

Describes the history of the kite, its use in sport, recreation, science, and war, and its many variations of form and design.

Stories about humans and animals living in the future focus on man's ignorance and greed

The Description for this book, Cairo, will be forthcoming.

Herinneringen van de Poolse letterkundige aan de jaren 1945-1968.