Catherine Stock

A child makes valentines for her family and then adds a special name to her list. On Valentine's Day she receives a secret valentine in return.

There seems to be no place for the smallest child in a family's busy preparations for Thanksgiving, until Grandpa steps in and they perform a vital task everyone else has forgotten.

A child and his parents enjoy the last-minute activities to prepare for Christmas.

Monsieur Monmouton and his dog Cabot fly from France to New York City in pursuit of his farm animals, who are taking a vacation to see such sights as Blooming Dells and MOOMA.

A child living near the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe encounters several wild animals on her way to school.

Emma's grandfather, newly arrived from China, introduces her to the power of dragons.

Summer transforms a quiet island as visitors arrive for swimming, playing on the beach, card games, soccer, hide-and-seek, and dancing in the evening.

Although he is not pleased with his mother's choice of gift for him to take to a birthday party, a little boy attends and experiences a pleasant surprise.

Gus despairs of coming up with something interesting and impressive for his second-grade class's show-and-tell, until he gets a great idea while visiting Grandpa.

After Gus, who would rather play outside than practice music, does not do too well at his piano recital, his grandfather shows him how music can be fun.