This Caldecott winner tells the story of the Pennsylvania Dutch egg tree tradition. Two children discover a special stash at their grandmothers house at Easter.
On a cold, snowy day, a young girl and her mother shop to buy ingredients for vegetable soup. At home, they work together―step by step―to prepare the meal. While the soup is cooking, they spend the time playing games and reading. Before long, Daddy's home and the family sits down to enjoy a home made dinner.
In Lantern Festival, early readers will learn about this Asian festival and the ways people celebrate it. This book explains how it is celebrated, including making lanterns, wearing the color red, and eating tangyuan.
The Sun and the Clouds were the best of friends. They worked side by side every day—warming the world, helping gardens grow, and painting the sky with bright, beautiful rainbows. But one morning they had a big argument. They turned their backs on each other and refused to share the sky. And without the Sun and the Clouds together, the rainbows disappeared. Soon the colors began to fade from flowers, houses, clothes—everything—until the whole Earth turned gray. Everything except one tiny forgotten box of crayons hiding in a school desk.
Gitty and her feathered-friend Kvetch couldn’t be more different: Gitty always sees the bright side of life, while her curmudgeonly friend Kvetch is always complaining and, well, kvetching about the trouble they get into!
