Diane Paterson

Presents the things that all children over the world have in common, including their need for food, clothes, people to love them, and the opportunity to play.

Nine-year-old Lizzie writes to her mother, who is deployed overseas during wartime, and includes maps that show her mother what Lizzie has been thinking and doing. Includes nonfiction tips for helping children of military families.

Marisa picks out a butterfly pinata for her birthday party, but by the day of the party, she decides it is too beautiful to break.

Maralou's idea to reduce her enormous book collection benefits many people.

Describes the origins and traditions of Passover, in particular the special meal called the Seder.

Sam the bloodhound's habit of sleeping anywhere he can gets him into a lot of trouble.

Discusses respiration and the lungs, introducing various parts of the respiratory system and explaining how they relate to each other.

Seven well-known German tales: The Frog Prince, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Rapunzel, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and The Bremen Town Musicians.

Corduroy longs for someone to take him home, but he searches for his missing button around the department store first. When the zookeeper leaves the door open, the happy lion decides to walk through town to visit his friends. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business. A mother's love and a baby's smile bond the two together. Silly Auntie will try anything to get Baby to smile. Two owls discover...