Laura Huliska-Beith

"A child's bedtime ritual follows the imaginary journey of a goodnight train's trip to the dreamland station." --

A collection of some of the most brilliant ideas that resulted in some very embarrassing moments for children.

A busy family and their friends spend a day working and playing on the farm. From milking the cows in the morning to closing the gate at night, learn about a day in the life of a farming family.

Since this nursery rhyme first appeared in 1830, children have loved it. When Tomie dePaola discovered that Hale had been born near his New Hampshire home, he knew he wanted to illustrate this perennial favorite. DePaola uses his signature folk art style and sets the poem in a traditional 19th century New England setting. The result is an endearing interpretation of the little lamb that followed Mary to school and how the teacher handled it. Back...

When a new boy named Victor arrives at school, Conrad temporarily forgets about his best friend Mike, but when Victor's desire to win makes him not want Conrad on his team, Mike and Conrad discover that they are still best friends after all.

Text adapted from the traditional song describes how students and staff ride the bus to school.

Young ones will love learning to count backwards as they watch ten touchable ladybugs disappear one by one.

Two children must find a way around their father's "no pets" rule when a friendly dragon appears in their backyard.

A hot pepper pie exposes the big bad wolf in this southwestern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

As the Clearwaters travel west, fearless Granny and Little Critter are jolted from the horse-drawn wagon and have many exotic adventures before being reunited with the rest of their family.