Leonard Weisgard

The Pilgrims' long and arduous voyage to the New World, their efforts to find a suitable harbor and place to settle, early encounters and peaceful coexistence with the Indians, and the abundant first year of farming and harvest thanksgiving are retold in a simple, researched text and accompanying illustrations.

Gulliver's strange adventures in some of the most unusual lands ever imagined have made this one of the rare classics with an enduring and wide-ranging appeal to all ages. Gulliver's bad luck at sea not only gets him shipwrecked and castaway, but repeatedly throws him into strange societies of even stranger people. Readers are likely aware of Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput, where he meets a kingdom of six-inch-tall people with a set of prejudices...

Presents the classic tale by Rudyard Kipling about how the leopard got his spotted coat in order to hunt the animals in the dappled shadows of the forest.

Twelve poems reflect the author's feelings about various colors.

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

As a worm, a bee, a squirrel, a wild pig, and a little rabbit celebrate their individual birthdays, each gets a special present.

A little dog named Muffin is awakened by a tiny noise that sends him on a search to find out what it is.

"'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... The scene is set for a magical Christmas Eve and one of the best-loved Christmas stories of all time. Clement C. Moore first read this timeless poem to his young children on Christmas Eve in 1822. It was published anonymously in a New York newspaper the following year and quickly spread around the world, becoming a cherished Christmas tradition...

Fifteen poems celebrating the birth of Christ and the Christmas season.

A little shepherd boy discovers that a lamb is missing and climbs the high mountain in the dark and cold to search for it.