Patricia Polacco

At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.

A rhyming celebration of goats and their antics, from A to Z.

Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down.

Paige Darling loves the stuffed rabbit her grandmother has made for her, but when she ties a helium-filled balloon to Bun Bun Button the toy gets loose and goes floating away, and it may take some Darling luck to bring her home.

Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.

"Annie Fetlock--born on Thursday, met the love of her life on Thursday, and when a special cat comes into her life on Thursday, she knows he has found the right home"--

"Stella loves books so much, she starts her own library--but then a storm threatens to destroy everything"--

Depicts the life of a young Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross.

Grandparents, aunts and uncles, and children gather at a farm house to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition.