A Forest of Stories

A Forest of Stories
By: Rina Singh
Illustrated by:
Helen Cann

Product Description: This unique collection of folktales, compiled by Rina Singh, encourages us to rethink our relationship with trees through the telling of fantastic tales filled with dancing palms, healing fig trees, and magical cherry blossoms.

Eliza's Cherry Blossoms

Eliza's Cherry Blossoms
Illustrated by:
Ju-Hong Chen

Product Description: Pioneering world traveler, writer, photographer, and peace advocate Eliza Scidmore dreamed of beautifying the nation's capital, where she lived.

And Then It's Spring

By: Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by:
Erin Stead
A young gardener plants seeds and waits for the transformation from late Winter's mud brown to the lush green of Springtime.

Blue Sky

By: Audrey Wood
The sky is as changeable as the weather — from blue sky to rain sky to dark sky and ultimately to sleep sky.

Jo MacDonald Had a Garden

By: Mary Quattlebaum
Illustrated by:
Laura Bryant
In this version of a familiar tune, Jo MacDonald (the old farmer's granddaughter) and her cousin plant a Spring garden, watch it grow, observe what visits it, gather its bounty before the cycle ends only to begin again.

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems

By: Kate Coombs
Illustrated by:
Meilo So

Translucent watercolors and short, varied poems take readers on a trip to the sea. There they meet sea birds, fish, coral, and more in each short verse. Evocative language creates memorable images of the sea and its often hidden treasures.

A Nest for Celeste

By: Henry Cole
An unlikely friendship develops between a small, basket-weaving mouse named Celeste and the young apprentice to the great naturalist, Audubon. They meet when Joseph accompanies Audubon to New Orleans to paint the birds of Louisiana.

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