When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna -- and that stubborn cow, Zora.

Told in rhyming text, seven new road-building machines set out on a job--building, rolling, paving, and painting a brand new road.

"This truck-themed picture book offers a charming new spin on the classic lullaby "Hush, Little Baby," following a mother and child as they imagine taking the wheel of various vehicles, from a bulldozer to a front-end loader to a giant crane."-- Publisher's description.

Let snow fall overnight and change the world before morning, making it "slow and delightful and white."

"Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author'snote"-- Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of one family's Thanksgiving Day celebration.

"A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to? A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece...

It is Thanksgiving, and the crew is busy getting the farm ready for a thankful day.

A winsome calf provides the backdrop-literally-for this charming story. With each turn of the page, the young animal is imaginatively transformed to reflect some activity of the four seasons: snow melting, seedlings springing up, harvest, all the way to the snow melting again and revealing that-the calf has grown. The story line follows the cycle of the seasons from one spring to the next, and its spare, fluid text-wedded to the vigorous graphics-vividly...