"This lavish and lyrical picture book based on the Tao Te Ching ponders the eternal question: How can we bring peace to the world? Includes audio!Radiating tenderness and reflecting the influence of eastern philosophies, a compilation of exquisite illustrations and wisely chosen words reveals the heart of where peace truly must originate: within ourselves. The beautifully intricate artwork, with tiny, precisely rendered details of life a ..."
"Meet the COBBLE STREET COUSINS • Lily, who wants to be a poet • • Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star • • Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door • The cousins' parents are coming home! Of course Lily, Tess, and Rosie are looking forward to seeing their parents, but they're also sad about leaving their cozy attic room in Aunt Lucy's little blue house on Cobble Street -- and each other. So they plan a summer part ..."
"Meet The COBBLE STREET COUSINS Lily, who wants to be a poet Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door Lily has a wonderful idea -- to surprise Aunt Lucy with a dollhouse that looks just like her flower shop. But first the girls have to buy a few things at The Olde Craft Shoppe, and with the Cobble Street Cousins, even a little shopping trip can turn into an adventure!"
"Meet The COBBLE STREET COUSINS Lily, who wants to be a poet Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door Right now, though, the cousins are sharing an attic bedroom in their Aunt Lucy?s light blue house on Cobble Street, and happily making plans for the summer. A cookie company seems the perfect way to make a little money, but it turns out to be much more -- an opportunity to meet ..."
"Ready-for-Chapters Meet the COBBLE STREET COUSINS Lily, who wants to be a poet Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door The cousins are back on Cobble Street for Aunt Lucy and Michael's wedding -- and they're going to be bridesmaids! Friends old and new (including a little dog in a red plaid jacket) will be gathering in Aunt Lucy's garden for the ceremony, but first the cousins ..."
Full Belly Bowl(1st Edition) by Jim Aylesworth, WendyAndersonHalperin Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 1999 by Atheneum Books For Young Readers Picture Book ISBN-13: 978-0-689-81033-6, ISBN: 0-689-81033-4
""Dear Friend, " the tiny note reads, "In appreciation of your kindness and generosity, I leave you this Full Belly Bowl. You need never know hunger again. Use it wisely or it will be a burden. To empty, pour it out. When not in use, store it upside down and out of reach of children. " "What on earth is a Full Belly Bowl?" the very old man wonders -- but he soon finds out. No matter how much he eats from it, the bowl magically refills it ..."
"What do you do when there’s nothing to do? Here’s a book about exploring the delights of unscheduled time. No piano lessons, sports practice, afterschool classes, homework. Instead, bestselling author Douglas Wood gently points children to the magical worlds of the imagination, the mysteries of nature, and the deep satisfaction of finding out things on one’s own. The perfect antidote for the overscheduled child, this wise yet playful bo ..."
"All six books in the Cobble Street Cousins series are now available together in a collectible boxed set!Meet the Cobble Street Cousins: Lily, who wants to be a poet, Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star, and Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door. Right now, though, the cousins are sharing an attic bedroom in their Aunt Lucy’s light blue house on Cobble Street, and happily making plans for the summer. This paperback ..."
Let's Go Home(Reprint) The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant, WendyAndersonHalperin Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2005 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Picture Book ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-0839-5, ISBN: 1-4169-0839-0
"Let's Go Home Describes the individual rooms in a house and what they mean to those who use them. Full description"
"Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed.A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are planted too, but not by farmers' hands. Different kinds of animals transport all sorts of seeds, often without knowing it. Sometimes rain washes seeds away to a new and unexpected location. And sometimes something extraordinary occurs, as when the p ..."
"Acclaimed illustrator Wendy Anderson Halperin celebrates Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, a tale of two dollhouses, just in time for its 100th anniversary. When Tidy Castle arrives, brand-new and grand in every way, the Racketty-Packetty House has never looked shabbier, and it is shoved in the corner of Cynthia's nursery. But the Racketty family still dances, sings, and laughs louder than all the fancy dolls combined. When a real-life ..."
"Language:Chinese.Hardcover. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 32 Publisher: the Putnam Juvenile Although Daisy's parents thank God for things all the time she does not really Understand why until she tries it herself. She starts with EVERYDAY LIFE like the people she meets and the animals she sees. but soon her journey takes Daisy from the material to the intangible as she learns to thank God for the eath of Life and for Hope. And at the end of her ..."
"Meet the Cobble Street Cousins * Lily, who wants to be a poet * * Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star * * Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door * It's spring on Cobble Street, and Lily has a great idea -- the Cobble Street Cousins' own newspaper! Soon the very first edition of The Cobble Street Courier is hot off the presses, with a poem by Lily, Tess's favorite jokes, and Rosie's yummy recipe for shortbread - ..."
"Subject of sonnets, songs, and soul searching, love is--and is not--many things. "Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not envious or boastful. Love is not arrogant or rude." In her adaptation of I Corinthians 13, Wendy Anderson Halperin presents the elegantly simple definition of the word "love" the apostle Paul offered 2,000 years ago. She features one of Paul's definitions on each whimsically illustrated two-page spread. Pages ..."
"Paperback. Pub Date :2000-09-01 Pages: 64 Language: English Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers MEET THE COBBLE STREET COUSINS Lily. who wants to be a poet. Tess. who wants to be a Broadway star. Rosie. who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door. Its winter vacation and theres no school for three weeks. but the Cobble Street Cousins ??arent worried about being bored. Theyre learning how to sew from their neighbor ..."
"Award-winning author Joseph Bruchac delivers a charming and heart-warming story about fathers and sons. Perfect with other Father's Day gems like Alison Ritchie's Me and My Dad and Sam McBratney's Guess How Much I Love You.In this tender tribute to dads everywhere, lyrical rhymes capture heartwarming moments shared between thirteen diverse father-and-son pairs. Everyday activities, like bike riding and raking leaves, become a reminder t ..."
""Thank you, breeze, for lifting up my kite wings past treetops tall and proud. Thank you, trees. Your branches are my playhouse. I?m climbing to the clouds!" Eight very different kids, from eight different continents, all go about their day and experience the same moments of happiness: greeting the sun in the morning, swinging on a swing, flying a kite, being tucked in by Mommy at bedtime. Uplifting and visually rich, this book reminds ..."
"Seed by seed, we plant the wild meadow garden wind and water, birds and animals, plants and people all of us together.In this lyrical picture book, author Kathryn O. Galbraith explains the many ways in which seeds are spread and planted.A farmer and her son plant vegetables in their garden, and the wind carries a few seeds away. Birds and animals may carry some along with them on their travels. Sometimes the rain washes them away to a n ..."
"For a school assignment, Blake gathers stories about Jimmy Shannon, a person who lives in his small town. As he interviews people about Jimmy, Blake learns that being different is not bad or sad, it just is. Blake s interviews help him understand the joy people can experience when they accept others and live by the Golden Rule. His stories are about people and life in a town where random acts of kindness done for a mentally challenged p ..."
"Subject of sonnets, songs, and soul searching, love is--and is not--many things. "Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not envious or boastful. Love is not arrogant or rude." In her adaptation of I Corinthians 13, Wendy Anderson Halperin presents the elegantly simple definition of the word "love" the apostle Paul offered 2,000 years ago. She features one of Paul's definitions on each whimsically illustrated two-page spread. Pages ..."