Wood, Douglas

Although Santa Claus is nearly perfect, he cannot resist a plate of cookies, remember Mrs. Claus's grocery list, or even shave.

This book lists all of the things a grandmother cannot do, such as baking your favorite cookies by herself, or opening her purse without finding gum or candy.

An ancient Native American folktale of the Chickadee and how he brought hope and goodness to the ancient peoples.

Crane helps Rabbit fulfill his dream of riding across the sky to the moon.

All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.

Because Grandad has explained how all things in the natural world pray and make a gift to the beauty of life, his grandson is comforted when Grandad dies.

Text and illustrations describe some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine, such as a woods, a seashore, a library, or inside oneself.

A child ponders the many problems that mothers must deal with in the course of a normal day.

Presents a children's story about all the things that grandmas cannot do such as bake cookies alone, laugh without tears coming out of their eyes, or sending their grandchildren to bed without reading bedtime stories.

Details the many things that teachers cannot do, from buying their own apples to going down the tube slide at recess.