Marion Dane Bauer

Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was ... nothing. But then ... BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. The author takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while illustrations capture the void before the Big...

A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.

One brown bunny goes out one day and finds many friends who would like to play.

Invites the reader to join a bear and other woodland animals on a cold, moonlit walk to investigate strange noises and observe the arrival of spring.

At her grandmother's log cabin, nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with children she believes may be her ancestors.

Simply describes how various baby animals come into the world and what happens when a human baby is born.

A simple retelling of the Nativity story that celebrates the timeless joy of welcoming a new baby into the world.

A young child ruminates on the favorite weather of ten different animals.

As a child makes a Mother's Day card, various animal mothers are shown taking care of their young.

When she goes to her grandmother's house for the first time, Zoey finds a tiny china doll that comes alive in her hands and believes that she is a princess and that Zoey is her servant.