Anna Grossnickle Hines

Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year. In poems and quilts she captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight...

A child learns to count with the help of a classic nursery rhyme.

Poems about the four seasons, as reflected in the natural world, are accompanied by photographs of quilts made by the author.

William does not join the other children in playing games on the playground because he is waiting for his turn to ring the bell at the end of recess.

Unhappy to be the only one in his house without Christmas secrets, Joshua is relieved when Grandma comes and helps him have some secrets of his own.

After accidentally ruining his friend's soccer game, Curious George enrolls in a soccer camp where he learns about the rules of the game and makes some mischief for the team.

While on a field trip to a fire station with Mrs. Gray's class, Curious George goes off on his own and is soon at the scene of a fire, where he finds a way to be helpful.

Curious George and the man in the yellow hat help some scientists dig for dinosaur bones.

When George and the man in the yellow hat visit the aquarium, George's curiosity gets the better of him and he accidentally joins some of the exhibits.

A boy mimics the actions of several different dinosaurs as he imagines he's one of them.