Jane Yolen

"Tuck your child in and snuggle up for a bedtime story as the ten dinosaur children of this New York Times bestseller tell you how they say goodnight. Whether it's pouting or throwing his teddy bear around, demanding a piggyback ride, or another book, each little dino eventually tucks in his tail and says good night."--publisher's website.

"Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from Mom and Dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them with smiles and goodwill." --publisher's website.

From out of the darkness ``an echo/ came threading its way/ through the trees.'' "Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.But there is no answer.Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl,...

"A triumphantly moving book."  —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel...

"This appealingly icky poetry collection presents animals that suck-quite literally! From the mosquito to the elephant to the lamprey, discover how and why these animals sip, slurp, and suck"--Provided by publisher.

"Jane Yolen gathers the largest single anthology of her poetry celebrating childhood. At home or at school, playing sports or practicing music, enjoying the holidays or delighting in each season, Jane Yolen’s masterful collection shows just how lively it is to be a kid.

"Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were her doves. When the flood comes, Mrs. Noah brings them onto the ark. But there is a special mission for the doves." --publisher's website

"As Deborah grows up, so do the date palms that surround her home. Under these trees, people come from far and wide to seek guidance from the great prophetess and judge. In her dreams, Deborah foresees danger to the people of Israel. She summons a general to speak with her beneath the date palms. 'War is coming and you must prepare,' she tells him. For the girl that grew up under the date palms, her moment of destiny has arrived. Based on the story...

"Each night when she says her prayers, Rebecca thinks of her Papa who lost a hand while fighting in President Lincoln’s war. He still believes the war was righteous: 'We Jews, who were once slaves in Egypt, should never let another human being be held in slavery. Our America should not be their Egypt.' One Saturday morning at synagogue, the rabbi has some shocking news: 'Last night President Lincoln was shot.' The cantor starts to sing the Mourner’s...

A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.