Gay, Marie-Louise

Stella introduces her little brother Sam to the delights of a beautiful, snowy day.

"I draw and paint. I cut and paste. I let my mind wander." Marie-Louise Gay demonstrates the creative process and crafts a story about a shy giant before readers' eyes.

Contains illustrated, humorous short stories about children and the things they wonder about.

Stella and her little brother spend a day at the beach.

Forced to abandon exciting plans with her friends and take baby Penny to the park, Pistachio is sure her first day of summer holidays will be boring. But keeping Penny out of trouble proves to be more exciting than Pistachio expected.

Pistacho Shoelace has always thought she was a princess, so when one day she receives the gift of a crown in the mail, she learns the truth--she is, and her real parents, the king and queen of Papua, are coming to get her. However, before they do, she has to wear the crown to school, forced by her adoptive parents. The other kids make fun of her--but Princess Pistachio just has to prove she can be elegant, graceful, and kind.

Sam, claiming he cannot sleep without his dog Fred, enlists his sister Stella's help in searching the dark house for the comforting pet.

A little girl and her brother encounter fireflies, frogs, and bats as they wonder about things like the sky, moon, sun, and stars while they are exploring their nighttime surroundings.

One night, Rosie and Toby, accompanied by a plump white cat and a mouse in pajamas, discover a way to steal the moon out of the sky.

Early one morning, while her parents are sleeping, Angel's house becomes filled with water which freezes to ice. She is also visited by a banana-eating polar bear who wants to play dominoes.