Amy June Bates

While Julia is in the kitchen learning to cook up elaborate, delicious dishes, the only feast Minette is truly interested in is that of fresh mouse. Includes biographical information about Julia Child.

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.

A little boy enjoys all the different ways people and animals have of celebrating Psalm 100:1.

When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again.

When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom skips his piano lesson and goes swimming instead.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom learns a lesson about honesty on his brother's birthday.

"A girl draws an unusual panda, who comes to life and draws all sorts of whimsical things with her, from a castle to a dragon and more"--

A beautifully illustrated picture book about Barbie--the most famous doll in the world--and her visionary creator, Ruth Handler. After noticing how her daughter played with "grown-up" paper dolls, Ruth Handler wanted to create a doll that would inspire little girls to use their huge imaginations and big dreams about their futures. While others told her it wasn't possible, Ruth Handler proved them all wrong by creating the most famous doll ever. This...

A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.