Coat of Many Colors

A heartwarming story based on the bestselling country song by Dolly Parton. Winter is coming to Tennessee and there’s no money to buy a new coat, so a little girl’s mama sews one for her out of colorful rags. The little girl wears it to school proudly, and when the other children laugh, she gives

Farfallina & Marcel

Farfallina and Marcel, a caterpillar and a gosling respectively, are an unlikely pair yet are the best of friends. But when they are both separated for a long time, they each undergo a miraculous transformation. Will these friends find each other again? And if they do, will they have grown apart while growing up?

Cherries and Cherry Pits

No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.

The Vanishing Pumpkin

A 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man want to make a pumpkin pie for Halloween, but they can’t find their pumpkin. The ghoul on the fence may have taken it, or the rapscallion, the wicked varmint or the wizard. Children must discover the culprit in this picturebook.

Preaching to the Chickens

John wants to be a preacher when he grows up- a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm’s flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his

The Very Quiet Cricket

A little cricket has lost his song – he rubs his wings together and nothing happens. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all kinds of noises, but still he can make no sound at all. One day he meets a special friend, another cricket and this

The Apple Pie Tree

We have a special tree in our yard – an apple pie tree! Colorful collage illustrations follow each season as an apple tree grows leaves, fragrant blossoms, and tiny green apples. Soon the fruit is big, red, and ready to be picked. It’s time to make an apple pie! Here is a celebration of apples

A Year with Mama Earth

In September, Mama Earth sighs out the first autumn frost, which crunches under children’s feet. Mama Earth looks after nature’s plants and animals throughout the year—singing lullabies to fat bears in the fall, dressing evergreens in icicles in winter, and waking up the crocuses in spring. And in the summer, Mama Earth sends warm sunbeams

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