Charlotte Zolotow

A young girl describes what she loves most in her garden during each season.

A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

On a moonless, starless night, a young boy feels at one with the darkness, thinking about where he came from before he was born and where he will go after he dies.

It's a golden, windy autumn day, and a mother a daughter set out walking among the swirling leaves. As they wend their way, they share little adventures--spying a kitten, seeing the trees zigzag with streaks of color, catching some floating milkweed, watching the setting sun color the clouds. Throughout their walk, the girl keeps urging her mother to "say it" with more and more persistence. What could "it" be? From a sterling picture-book team comes...

An older sister imagines the advantages of not having her younger sister around, but then thinks of one disadvantage.