Barbara Cooney

Miss Rumphius

A young girl from Brooklyn, New York, enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.

A Story from Brooklyn

Hattie and the Wild Waves

Όμηρος

Penelope Proddow

Homeric Hymn Number Four.

Hermes, Lord of Robbers

Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.

Story and Pictures

Island Boy

Jane Boulton

Opal Whiteley

A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, in which she describes her love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.

The Diary of a Young Girl

Only Opal

Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a man who became president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.

Eleanor

Retells the legend of the little juggler's search for a special Christmas gift for the Christ Child and the Blessed Mother.

The Little Juggler

Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.

Margaret Wise Brown

A little fir tree is brought into the home of a Lame boy each year for Christmas and is then returned to the forest until the following year.

The Little Fir Tree

Ruth Sawyer

A poor cobbler and his three sons worry about having food for their Christmas feast, until a playful goblin king pays them a visit.

The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler's Sons

Elinor Lander Horwitz

Describes the strange and splendid things that can happen on a bimulous night when the sky is like lace.

When the Sky Is Like Lace

Michael Bedard

When a mother and child pay a visit to their reclusive neighbor Emily, who stays in her house writing poems, there is an exchange of special gifts.

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