"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all."

Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn.

After raising her ducklings on a secluded island, Mrs. Mallard leads them to the Boston Public Garden to eat peanuts.

Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded. Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

Children's picturebooks are the very first books we encounter, and they form an important, constantly evolving, and dynamic sector of the publishing world. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a visual language and developing storyboards and design of a picturebook. The book includes interviews with leading children's picturebook...

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.