Kate Banks

Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work.

Unaware of its eons-old history, a boy finds a rock and takes it home to a shelf beside his sea glass and starfish.

"As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter--all except for a nightingale with a broken wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it's never had to experience before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to frosty conditions help the nightingale navigate the cold as its wing heals...the nightingale discovers there's beauty to be found in even the harshest weather"--...

A young baboon's view of the world changes as his mother shows him various parts of his environment.

Max and his older brother Pete learn about stars, planets, and galaxies when their father takes them to an astronomical observatory.

As Peter watches a spider crawl across the floor, he and his mother play at imagining all that they would do if Peter were a spider.

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can been seen with one's eyes closed. La mamá tigre le cuenta a su tigrito, que no quiere dormir, de todo lo que se puede ver con los ojos cerrados.

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

While waiting for it to be born, a young child wonders what its new sibling will be like.

Alice's parents get her a parrot for her birthday.