Every year Angela's older sister outshines her at Halloween, until one year Angela creates her own special costume.

Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugénie, and befriended 'Buffalo Bill' Cody. She became a painter at a time when women were often only reluctantly educated as artists. Her unconventional artistic work habits, including visiting slaughterhouses to sketch an animal's anatomy and wearing...

Iggy is just like all young dinosaurs. He wants to play with his older brother, and he doesn't want to eat his green ferns.

The little dancers are ready to shine on stage! Miss Amy's ballet studio is putting on a dance performance called the Butterfly Ball. Rosa and her four friends rehearse leaping, balancing, and twirling to perfect their dances for the recital! But when Rosa's audition goes awry, she is cast in a disappointing role. Rosa feels like all her hard work was for nothing, until her friends help her discover her small part is of great importance. Rosa...

Children and grandmothers love playing together, eating together-just being together. Every time is a special time, for both. This book captures the special moments without sentimentality, but with warmth and love.

Fun ways to teach children to pray while they play