Tomie DePaola

Retells seventeen well-known parables, including "The Sower," "The Good Samaritan," "The Mustard Seed," "The Lost Sheep," and "The Prodigal Son."

This book "delivers a sweet depiction of a child’s imagination and all the things that go bump in the night. To stay up past bedtime, you’ve got to fight the night. Flashlight in hand, a determined Ronald sets out to battle sleep." --publisher's website

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle.

Strega Nona tries to teach Big Anthony about gardening and the importance of order, but when Anthony does not follow her directions and uses her growing spell, his small vegetable patch turns into an uncontrollable jungle.

Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

Strega Nona fills her basket with two dozen tomatoes from her garden that she intends to donate to the convent, but her effort is challenged by her mischievous goat and her haphazard assistant, Big Anthony.

From her knowledge of when to change a diaper and how to make popsicles to her skills in driving a delivery truck and dancing the polka, a child sings the praises of his mother.

"Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can’t wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of 'rules', he is surprised and dismayed. How the wise art teacher finds a way to give Tommy the freedom to create and stay within the 'rules' makes a wonderfully perceptive picture book about growing up and keeping one’s individuality." --PenguinRandomhouse.com