Michael Garland

"Grandma Ginny and Timmy take a trip to visit the site of the family farm, where the old house and some rickety buildings still stand. Timmy had visited with Grandpa before and learned all about his tractor, but Grandma has her own stories to tell of planting the fields, harvesting the crops, and feeding the animals. Guided by Grandma's farm diary and her fond memories, Timmy and Grandma tour the land and talk about what life was like back then"--...

A city-dwelling mouse carries a slice of pizza on a subway and delivers it to his family in this easy-to-read book.

After Santa loses his reindeer midflight on Christmas Eve, he improvises by seeking the help of some barnyard animals to complete his trip.

When a heavy snowfall causes schools and businesses to close, Tommy follows a series of notes from his Aunt Jeanne as he explores the frozen landscape, makes new friends, and participates in winter sports. Artwork includes over 200 objects for the reader to find and count.

Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips and hyacinths, then dogwood blossoms, iris, lupine, daisies, morning glories, daylilies, geraniums, peonies, sunflowers, roses, and chrysanthemums as spring passes to summer, then autumn. At last the garden slumbers into winter under a blanket of snow, preparing next year s procession of blooms. Like actors crossing a stage, flowers narrate the passing seasons in the first person, each one briefly proclaiming...

A young child with a new book hunts inside and outside the house before finding the right chair for reading.

When a boy's homework goes missing, he comes up with outrageous, imaginative ways it could have disappeared, until his dog Frumpy shows him what really happened.

When the new teacher, Miss Smith, reads to her class, Zack and his classmates are amazed to find that the storybook characters come to life.

A picture book biography of the patron saint of Ireland.

"On Christmas Eve, Tommy receives an intriguing invitation from his eccentric Aunt Jeanne and is soon whisked away in a magical taxi to a bustling metropolis where it's Christmas every day"--Dust jacket.