In this story based on a folktale from India, a very greedy cat eats five hundred cakes, his friend the parrot, the nosy old woman, and much more.

A little brown bunny enjoys visiting a garden from summer to spring, especially when a gray bunny shares the fun.

A rhyming exploration of the slowly expanding world of the newborn baby.

Worried about having left the overly-generous Brother Juniper in charge of their chapel when they went out to preach, the other friars are not prepared for what they find upon their return.

A collection of more than 200 poems by such modern poets as Nikki Grimes, John Ciardi, Karla Kuskin, Ted Hughes, E.E. cummings, Eve Merriam, Deborah Chandra, Arnold Adoff, and more than 100 others.

As a companion volume to her poetry collections about earth and about water, Marilyn Singer now examines the nature of fire, an overlooked subject in the realms of poetry. From forest fires and prairie fires to the fires on backyard grills; from chili peppers to birthday candles; to jack-o-lanterns, menorahs, Christmas lights, and holidays around the earth; to dragons who provide their own central heatingb7these lyrical poems present a fresh and insightful...

By Day, By Night journeys from morning to evening, from country to country, into the hearts of people everywhere.

Segmented into ten subjects, a collection of "poemstarts" provides amusing beginnings to a series of poems and challenges readers to complete the tale in their own special way, enhanced with large text and bold illustrations. When Jack Prelutksy posted the first couplet of a funny poem on a Web site and invited children to finish it, he expected about 100 responses. He got thousands. Now he has come up with an anthology of poems on 10 popular subjects...

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Across North America, people in four different homes prepare for a special trip to China, while four baby girls in China await their new adoptive parents.