Margaret Wise Brown

When a little bunny imagines leaving home and finding himself in a variety of situations, his mother assures him that, no matter where he goes or what he does, she will always be there with him.

A little rabbit greets each day and says good night to the familiar things outside.

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.

Lyrical text relates the birth of a child in a barn among the animals, with illustrations which depict the barn and people of a present-day farm. Annotation. What child is this Who is born here Where the oxen Stomp and peer... When christmas in the barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition,...

A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe how a child grows from ages one through six.

Familiar words and images from "Goodnight Moon" are used to introduce numbers from one to ten, as well as one hundred. Presented in English and Spanish.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

Unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, four children creep downstairs to see the tree, their stockings, their wrapped gifts, and to hear the singing of the carolers.