Nancy Raines Day

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal a young girl's view of her town's big Independence Day parade, and the family and friends participating in it, as seen from her father's shoulders.

Babies and toddlers delight in making a mess at mealtime.

On a windy Halloween night as a boy is returning home through the woods after trick-or-treating, he hears scary noises behind him.

In this tale from the Amhara people of Ethiopia, a patient woman uses her experience with a wild lion to win the love of her new stepson.

While she and her grandmother work on their embroidery, Mei Yoon listens to an old Mein tale about the creation of the earth and the sky.