Marion Dane Bauer

When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.

Join everybody's favorite geography teacher, Mr. Geo, on his travels around Arizona. Together, you will discover what makes this a state to celebrate.

A boy, a dog, and an old man are lonely before the boy plans a rally, the dog looks for a boy, and all the townspeople run to the old man's aid when lightning strikes his home and something miraculous happens.

Illustrations and simple text explain what rain is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and the importance of clean water.

Sleepiness is compared to the actions of a spider, a mouse, a bird, and increasingly larger animals.

In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely boys make a connection--a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own, and a human whose father is a new keeper at the Alaska Zoo and whose mother and sister are still in Minnesota.

When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.

As a child makes a Mother's Day card, various animal mothers are shown taking care of their young.

Pictures and rhyming text show how some fathers, animal, bird, and human, take care of their children by bringing them food, playing with them, and keeping them safe.

Engages readers to lift the flaps to see which body parts are hiding underneath clothing. On board pages.