Morris Lessmore loves words, stories and books, and after a tornado carries him to another land, dreary and colorless, he finds a single book in color that leads him to an amazing library where, he learns, the books need him as much as he needs them.

Caldecott medal winner, 1964. A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

What would you do if three giants appeared at your bedroom window and invited you to join them in their nightly mission of restoring the world's beauty and peace? In the tradition of classic children's literature, this thoughtful, poignant bedtime story is an homage to the child's journey of self-discovery and the adventure of becoming who we are meant to be in the world. Oliver's deep joy is sparked when he is making art. But at school one day, his...

Four wild stories that are not only humorous and entertaining but also teach valuable lessons about human nature.

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

A ticket on the Magic Train takes the reader from outer space to underwater to a land of cakes.

Charles and his trusty toboggan set out to find the wish tree, and along the way he helps to make the wishes of his friends Squirrel, Fox, and Beaver come true.

When the weather warms up, bats take advantage of an empty theater to stage a concert.

If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.

The unicorns are celebrating their favorite day of the year, complete with rainbows and sparkly butterflies, but when an impostor (a horse with a fake horn) arrives, will the party continue with all its glittery glory?