Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton

Presents in poetry the things in our world, great and small, that are shared by everyone in it by describing family and friends' experiences in a typical day.

Throughout a child's day, five minutes can go by quickly (when you are on a roller coaster) or slowly (when you are in the dentist's chair).

"Illustrations and rhyming text explore a community garden and what grows there, from flowers and fruit to friendships"--OCLC.

A single starling is joined by hundreds more, and together they dance across the sky, finally settling into the trees.

A young girl finds a way to tame the winds besieging an old man who lives on a hill above her village.

"When Lulu's feeling well, she climbs every tree in sight. But when Lulu's sick, all she has is her imagination and a shadow"--Provided by publisher.

"A young girl finds a way to tame the winds besieging an old man who lives on a hill above her village"--Provided by publisher.

In a series of letters a student laments the absence of her teacher and daily routine, but she soon realizes there are benefits to mixing things up, and that perhaps having a substitue teacher is not so bad afterall.

Follows a group of family members and friends through the course of a day as they learn the importance of all things great and small.

Twelve-year-old Ivy Green, whose mother may have run off with a charismatic preacher to Panhandle, Florida, and classmate Paul Dobbs, who wants to see a Space Shuttle before the program is scrapped, team up for a summer adventure that is full of surprises.