Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

A poem describes the journey of camels carrying the Wise Men to see the new-born baby Jesus.

This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of creatures--the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the cunning, the fierce, the inscrutable. Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide-ranging nature of the collection by poets such as T.S. Elliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats, William Wordsworth, Edward Lear and many others. One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank and Lear add to the charm of the verse, making this a book to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere.

Raised by a harsh grandmother and an indifferent father, Marra comes to understand her world with the help of her seal mother.

When she is caught in a flood, a little girl copes with the situation with the help of her antique doll.

Johnny forms a friendship with the new boy at school but is puzzled by his strangeness.

The pond creatures gather under the willow tree to be fed crumbs. Simple text illustrated with etchings.

Describes Daniel Webster's relationship with an orphan boy and the peculiar circumstances surrounding the statesman's death.

Homesick for the Maine farm where he grew up, Captain Bob sets up a farm on his ship.

On an exploring trip up an arroyo, a young boy and his cat discover the well-hidden home of a hermit who is the friend of all the animals.

A young girl living on an African coffee plantation rises early to pick water lilies for her mother's birthday but her oarless boat gets caught in the current and speeds her down river into adventure.

Pamelia spends vacation on her aunt's farm built on top of an Indian mound near St. Louis. She makes friends with a lame goose and an Indian descended from the Mound Builders.

The adventures of two boys living near Niagara Falls at the time of the Civil War. Among other episodes they unknowingly help an Irishman join the Fenian troops invading Canada.

In the coming centuries the world's population has exploded. The earth is crowded with cities, animals are nearly all extinct, and drought is so widespread that water is rationed. There are no maps, no borders, no numbered years, and no freedom, except for an elite few. It is a harsh world for an orphan like Nadia Stepan. Growing up, she dreams of a green vacation spot called Lighthouse Island, in a place called the Pacific Northwest.

Bob Bodden sets sail as cabin boy on the Rover, a ship so long that it takes him nearly three voyages around the world to deliver a message from the captain to the second mate.