Sheila Hamanaka

Reveals in verse that despite outward differences children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable.

Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater, and neriage ceramics.

A rhyming celebration of ancestry and of the diversity that flourishes in this country.

Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, findsit very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to becomethe perfect student.

A cumulative tale in which a tree that is home to a singing mockingbird continues to be a source of music after it is fashioned into a fiddle.

The wheels on the bus: The classic children's ditty comes to life with Paul Zelinky's art and lively musical score by the Bacon Brothers. Muscial Max: Max stops playing his instruments after everyone complains, but the peace and quiet drives them crazy!. Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn, what can he do with it now?. Bugs! bugs! bugs!: With whimsical verse and brightly colored collage...

On the day before Christmas, Sofie makes her big debut serving customers in her family's busy Broadway Bakery.

A collection of whimsical poems and word pictures about such special things as an electrical blackout, an ice cream fountain mountain, and a cat's eyes in the dark.

A visit to her cousin Amy-Claire helps five-year-old Rachel discover the joys of being a big sister.