Helen Frost

Simple text and illustrations present tyrannosaurus rex, its body parts, and behavior-in both English and Spanish.

Provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, and habits of the dinosaur known as stegosaurus.

Based on the eight-pointed LeMoyne star, these quilt projects use the tried-and-true strip-piecing method that Blanche Young originally developed in 1979. Blanche and her daughter Helen have been exploring this historical star ever since, playing with different configurations and sizes, to captivate generations of quilters to come. The ten projects include Lone Star, Touching Stars, Rolling Star, Broken Star, Star of Bethlehem, Double Star, and Blazing...

In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.

Claire and Abi have always loved summers at the lake house, but a pregnant stepmother and Abi's intense new interest in boys have changed everything.

Two Scottish sisters, living on the western island of Barra in the 1850s, relate, in alternate voices and linked narrative poems, their experiences after their family is forcible evicted and separated with one sister accompanying their parents and younger siblings to Cape Breton, Canada, and the other staying behind with other family on the small island of Mingulay.

Simple poetic language and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals who are born during spring.

"On a summer evening, just as the stars blink on, a firefly steps into a flower. Lights start to flash all around her--first one, then three, seven. Hundreds. Thousands. How will she find just one flash among so many? And will he see her flash in return?"--

"Simple text and photographs present arctic hares, where they live, and what they do"--Provided by publisher.

Close-up photos and lightly-rhymed declarative verse capture a bug's-eye view of nature and encourage children to experience the world outside their doors with care and openness. Includes insect facts. "Step gently out, be still and look closely at the world just outside your door-you are sure to be amazed by the tiny creatures you can find. You might see a cricket leap and land, a moth open her wings, a spider walking across the air, or maybe even...