Jen Corace

While making toast for a late night snack, a little girl runs out of bread after a host of animals show up looking to share.

Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play until he is messy, as pigs should be.

First, Nanda's entire world is the circle of her mother's arms but as she grows, she sees the wonder of whirligigs, fractals in the snow, and even the circle of the Earth, itself.

Mouse and Giraffe are neighbors, but because of their relative sizes, their experiences are very different, so they usually disagree; however, when Mouse catches cold, they find something they both agree on.

A little girl wears a bear on the outside to keep her safe and to be her friend, just as some people have a fierce animal inside to protect them.

Simple arithmetical equations show how big and small moments add up in life.

How would a clock, nightlight, or teddy bear say good night? In this enchanting poetry collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and thirteen other poets imagine the wishes whispering through a young girl's bedroom as she falls asleep. The bookshelf's stories curl through her head, the pillow transforms into a hot air balloon, the rocking horse waits expectantly for tomorrow's adventures. Stunning gouache illustrations by Jen Corace offer new details to discover...