This year, Santa and Mrs. Claus are having their entire family over for Christmas dinner. There?s Uncle Alfred, the inventor from Bermuda; Sister Olga, the opera singer; eight young children, including Baby Willie; and even a polar bear named Oscar. With a family like this, mayhem is bound to follow; and from a snowball fight to the Christmas pageant to the meal itself, it?s a wild affair. But in the spirit of the season, everyone has a wonderful time?even the frazzled hosts! With its ...

PreSchool-- Easter delights--egg-dyeing and hunting, blooming potted bulbs, new clothes, the Bunny, and goody-filled baskets--as well as a centerfold of newborn animals and newly hatched birds--are winningly depicted in flat perspectives and a warm palette. A cheery farm family of young parents and four children celebrates the holiday in this board book, useful for identification of secular Easter symbols. It's better illustrated than similar fare, and doesn't attempt any theogical explanatio...

In My First Halloween, Tomie dePaola?s warm illustrations capture the sweet moments of Halloween that become wonderful memories for the family. A 3-D effect on the cover, along with eye-catching foil, make this an irresistible addition to every child?s bag of treats.

Passover is a time for families and friends to celebrate their faith and shared history, with honored practices dating back centuries. Tomie dePaola?s straightforward text and understated illustrations provide simple insight into the holiday background for young readers, while eyecatching foil emphasizes the importance of traditional Passover items.

The traditional celebration is clearly and simply explained in My First Thanksgiving with spare text and Tomie dePaola?s bright illustrations. A 3-D effect brings the cover artwork to life!

When Pascual is born, angels fly down and sing to him from the trees. When he sings to the sheep as a little boy, they sing back to him. But when Pascual joins the Franciscans, they send him to the kitchen. Pascual doesn?t even know how to cook a cup of beans! That?s when the kitchen angels fly down, and delicious dinners appear on the friars? table night after night. Finally the friars peek in to see how Pascual does it, and what they see shows them that a blessed man is living among ...

Francis is so full of God?s love that he wants to sing His praises. His glorious singing inspires birds of every color, and even the sun and moon, to join him in joyful celebration.

Tomie dePaola?s simple text and vibrant illustrations bring the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi to life for even the youngest children. And he reminds us how sweet it is to rejoice and give thanks for life and love.

Young Tomie receives a diary for Christmas and records all his adventures over the next year: sledding on his Junior Flexible Flyer, the big dance recital, a summer visit to an amusement park, the start of second grade, and real art lessons. But one Sunday in December, the dePaolas turn on the radio to learn that Pearl Harbor has been attacked. Truly, things will never be the same.

With the charming new feature of handwritten diary entries, the fifth book set at the Newbery Honor ...

The latest addition to the Newbery Honor award-winning 26 Fairmount Avenue series.

World War II is raging in Europe, and Tomie finds that life has changed in many ways. Now he has to wear an extra sweater to school because they?re trying to conserve coal. Then tragedy brings the war home to the dePaola family, and all Tomie can do is ask ?Why?? Just as he did in I?m Still Scared, the first installment of The War Years, Tomie dePaola touchingly illuminates the emotional confusion of a chil...