Petra Mathers

When Aunt Mattie dies, best friends Lottie and Herbie console each other and celebrate Aunt Mattie's life by scattering her ashes and preparing her favorite snack--peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (with bananas).

During bathtime, Christopher and his mother share an experience in which she shrinks to a very small size and he takes care of her.

The cobbler in a tiny Mexican town is so busy that he cannot make shoes for his daughter, so she makes her own shoes, which take her far away to a rich man's home where she must clean and cook all day. Includes a recipe for flan.

A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her.

Introduces the life of the French composer, Erik Satie, who spent his entire career challenging established conventions in music.