As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful -- and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
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"Legendary picture book creator Barbara Cooney once noticed that the library in her little town by the sea needed attention. A library, she knew, should be a kind of paradise. And because Barbara did whatever she set her mind to, she made it one. Barbara Cooney set her mind to lo...
A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly.
Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.
Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.
Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful -- and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Describes the strange and splendid things that can happen on a bimulous night when the sky is like lace.
A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big ...
A brother and sister run away from their cruel and wicked stepmother to a forest, but cannot escape her powers.
A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, in which she describes her love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.
A poem telling of the birth of a child in a barn among the animals, with illustrations which depict the barn and people of a twentieth-century farm.
The Star of Bethlehem awakens the winter-sleeping creatures, such as Bear, Badger, and Raccoon, to send them to visit a newborn baby.
Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.