Diane Dillon

Before the baby arrives a couple orders a rocking chair, and as the family grows and changes, the rocking chair is always there, a center of love and continuity.

Sixteen poems about riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend, and other topics evoke an appreciation of the richness of everyday life and the joys of seeing with eyes of love. Titles include "I Look Pretty," "Fun," "Riding on the Train," "Harriet Tubman," and "By Myself."

Presents that selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season.

A goblin who for many years has been hiding himself so that he does not frighten anyone finally finds a family.

Illustrations with cut-out shapes and rhyming questions introduce fruits, colors, and shapes.

Portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother who, as she tends plants and animals around the world, meets three of her creations with advice on how to make the world more perfect.

Sylvia, the new apprentice to the great magician Tottibo, steals one of his spells to complete an impossible task and accidentally creates chaos.

When her friends tease her for dreaming of being an astronaut, a young African American girl uses discarded items to make a spaceship for her interstellar journey.

Eleven tales from Scottish history. Introductory notes provide background information on the long and fierce struggle for Scottish independence.

A child says goodnight to the natural world and all those that occupy it.