A girl waiting for her loose teeth to be replaced by her permanent teeth is disturbed by nightmares about crocodiles with huge uneven teeth, until a bright orange croc with no teeth keeps her company in her dreams.
By the time rumor has changed and spread the story one lost feather becomes five lovesick hens who have plucked out all their feathers. It's absolutely true! say the hens to the owls. And it is repeated throughout the barnyard and all over the village. This charming fairy tale exposes the ridiculous way rumors develop, following the account of a hen-house scandal as it grows more and more sens…
A young boy has a summer adventure in the outdoors in this lyrical and sweet picture book featuring luminous art by Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Brian Pinkney. On Summertime Island, a boy follows a trail through buttercups and snapdragons, over sand and pine needles, with the smell of the sea always in his nostrils.