Melissa Sweet

As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?

Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

A selection of short American poems dealing with the four seasons and the different weather events and animal patterns that can occur within each.

A baby bear dreams of all the wonderful things he will be able to do when he is grown, from staying up late to building a house in a honey tree.

As night falls, animal and human parents everywhere tenderly tuck their children into bed. In the darkness, each child--raccoon, doe, rabbit, field mouse, and a little boy--wonders: "Will I be safe? Will you be there for me?" And every mommy and daddy responds with the comforting words, "Yes, I am here." A picture book version of the beautiful song, "Day Is Done."

Baby Bear's favorite "chair" is his father's chest or lap, just before his father puts him to bed.

With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, the soothing refrain of "you nest here with me" eases her little one and readers alike to slumber.

When little brown puppy gives his mother a present, his friends decide to give their mamas presents too.

Children delight in jumping, leaping, crunching, stomping, and raking as leaves fall down on them.

Describes what it would be like to live in a little house by the sea and frolic with seals and crabs and other sea creatures.