Jen Corace

While making toast for a late night snack, a little girl runs out of bread after a host of animals show up looking to share.

In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.

"As she takes in the beauty of her canyon home, the tiny wren discovers what was waiting inside her all along--her own beautiful gift."-- Jacket flap.

Rhyming text depicts a mother preparing her child for bed by telling her about the different animals that live nearby and their nighttime activities.

First, Nanda's entire world is the circle of her mother's arms but as she grows, she sees the wonder of whirligigs, fractals in the snow, and even the circle of the Earth, itself.

Rhyming text follows a brother and sister as they go outside on a rainy day to play in the mud.

Mouse and Giraffe are neighbors, but because of their relative sizes, their experiences are very different, so they usually disagree; however, when Mouse catches cold, they find something they both agree on.

"A new version of the classic Hans Christen Andersen fairytale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a toy ballerina"-- Provided by publisher.

Petronella's fashionable friends are arriving at her country estate near London to celebrate her sixteenth birthday and her coming out party. During the festivities, important guests are disappearing, kidnapping notes are appearing, many of the clues are insects, and Uncle Augustus (who has developed a bug eating compulsion) is surreptitiously devouring evidence.

House has always loved the people inside. When they move out, House's halls grow quiet, his windows dark. He hopes with all his shingles that there will be other inhabitants and joys to discover. As generations pass, House experiences new people and traditions and learns that love can come in many forms.