M. B. Goffstein

Presents an ordinary day in the life of a colorful family living in a doll's house.

A small actor presents himself to the audience and shows the roles he plays on stage.

Goldie the dollmaker created each doll with great love and sincerity, and the pleasure from this and her acquisition of a lamp whose maker was equally careful, made her poverty and loneliness bearable.

Briefly explains how the artist tries to recreate God's world using his paints.

"A collection of mystical and practical sayings and ideas on love of neighbor by Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement. "We can't go to God alone, but we must go to him with our brothers and sisters, since he is the Father of us all", writes Lubich" "[summary]"--Provided by publisher.

Living in a bare room in Vienna, short, fat Franz Schubert wrote music and danced to keep warm.

The perfect bedtime story. It put our 4 children in the mood to sleep, their mother as well. "Sleepy people live, where ever there is room, for a little bed. You may find a family of Sleepy People in one of your old bedroom slippers. They yawn, (appropriate noises) They stretch.." (reader & children respond likewise) The art is perfect. Simple. Not one open eye in the book. Everyone's in nightgowns.. the Sleepy Father goes to find hot chocolate while the Sleepy Mother sings a little song.. "Asleep, asleep.. my children are asleep, in their own sweet beds.. " .. almost 40 years ago.. arms holding my babes, breathing in the scent of tops of their heads.. peace.. sincere thanks, Ms Goffstein..

Tells of Brookie's love for her lamb that could only read and sing the words, "Baa."

Text and illustrations describe the riches of the earth and how people can promote peace and goodwill by sharing equitably with each other and their fellow creatures.

Presents the anatomy and soul of a house as seen through a camera's eye.

A dweller on the earth realizes the connection of all things, oceans, clouds, animals, and stars, and wishes to know their names.

Describes a twelve-year-old's crush on her neighbor's boy friend and her impressions when she meets him again five years later.

A small wooden doll imagines what her life would be like with the captain of the fishing boat anchored on the window sill below her shelf.

An old woman fondly remembers a lifetime of experiences related to a carved representation of Noah's ark she has had since childhood.

Speculates on a variety of reasons why latkes seem to be laughing on Hanukkah.

A brief text comparing the work of a writer to that of a gardener whose seeds are ideas that grow into books.

Two sisters live together happily, but sometimes one does crazy things.