Thompson, Lauren

When he goes to school, Mouse finds a world of new objects and new friends.

Mouse follows his sister as she makes pretty valentines for her friends and family, including a special valentine for Mouse.

A mother duck tries to persuade her five ducklings to go to sleep on a dark night.

A mother duck tries to persuade her five ducklings to go to sleep on a dark night.

When a boy injures a girl from a rival family with a rock, rather than calling for revenge and more hate, the girl instead decides to create a forgiveness garden to mend the rift between their families.

A little frog makes increasingly bold leaps out into the world, and then comes back to his mother after each excursion.

One starry night, as all sorts of animals watch over their young, Mary and Joseph watch over their baby boy, Jesus, in Bethlehem.

A young rabbit enjoys a "busy, dizzy" day of playing in the meadow near his home.

While exploring the house on Christmas Eve, a little mouse discovers the tree, a candy cane, a stocking, a jingle bell, and Santa Claus.