This modern edition of "Twas the night before Christmas," features four different homes and families, each on Christmas Eve, that reflect the diverse world we live in, lush landscapes and charming scenes capture the wonder and magic of Christmas. What do these four homes share? The excitement and anticipation of the most splendid night of the year. In this tale, the illustrator reminds us that no matter where we live, all children share the same wish...

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Whether memorized by schoolchildren or used to eulogize a president, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” written in 1922 and published in 1923, has found a place as one of the best-loved and best-known American poems of the last hundred years. Now, six decades after the passing of its author, Robert Frost, celebrated...

Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.

Verses from Longfellow's epic poem depict the boyhood of Hiawatha.

"Poetry and children belong together, and for a long time, the music and playfulness of verse wove itself through children's days and lives. Beastly Verse aims to help return the wonder of poetry to children's lives through sixteen exquisitely illustrated poems, four of which have the surprise and pleasure of being foldouts. Consisting of playful as well as powerfully memorable poems, Beastly Verse transports the reader into a richly worded world...

Celebrates the animals who hibernate and survive in the cold during the winter months.

Presents an illustrated collection of traditional folk rhymes, some composed by children.

Presents the classic tale of three youngsters who are careless with their mittens, but who turn out to be good little kittens after all.

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.

A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.