George Ella Lyon

A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal different kinds of trains, how they run, and the sounds they make.

Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.

Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.

An artist raises sheep, shears them, cards and spins the wool, dyes it, and then weaves a colorful picture of the Kentucky pasture where her lambs were born.

After they have an argument, a young girl imagines how she would treat her mother if their roles were reversed.

Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road, looking backwards from pioneer settlers all the way to prehistoric animals.

A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.