Mordicai Gerstein

"A boy and his father discover a whale tangled in their only fishing net. Is the whale dead? While the man worries about losing their net, the boy worries about the whale. He remembers the fear he felt when, caught in a net himself in childhood, he almost drowned before being rescued by his father. When the whale blinks an enormous eye, the boy knows that he has to try to save the creature, no matter how dangerous doing so may be."--Amazon.com.

Too busy with school, soccer, and other activities, a young boy who wants to cheer up the sad, lonely moon presents the reader with a step-by-step plan for becoming the the first human to bicycle to the moon.

"Moose, Goose, and Mouse ride a loose caboose on their way to finding a new house"-- Provided by publisher.

Collects poems celebrating everyday activities, including drifting off to sleep, lying in the warm sun, and eating spaghetti for dinner.

"Once in a book by Mordecai Gerstein ... there lived a family of characters." This is the tale of one little girl's search for her own story.

After dying, a Tibetan woodcutter is given the choice of going to heaven or to live another life anywhere in the universe.

Relates the story of a boy who grew up like a wild animal in the forests of France and was later captured and studied by doctors in Paris, but never became completely civilized.

It is time for bed, but Daisy has a hard time getting her stuffed animals to settle down.

"A picture book about the Greek god of the wild, shepherds, music, hunting and misrule, Pan."-- Provided by publisher.

Retells the story of how a beautiful Jewish girl became the Queen of Persia and saved her people from death at the hands of the evil Haman.