generosity

A collection of poems celebrating the act of giving and the joy of receiving.

A poor farmer and his wife, blessed with six years of riches, decide that only by sharing their wealth can they make the bounty last.

Chronicles the life of Roberto Clemente, discussing his role and accomplishments as a professional baseball player and humanitarian, and describing his childhood in Cuba, being drafted into Major League Baseball to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and related topics. Includes a time line, glossary, and other resources.

The love between a boy and a tree continues through the years of his boyhood and into his old age.

During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life.

Although she has been saving for a ring, Stella decides to give her bundle of nickles to a carpenter who is trying to rescue his little girl from a war-torn country.

A spunky old woman's request and a rather unusual dream convince Crabby Clarence the sign painter to make the most glorious and magnificent sign of his career and then give it away.

When a piece of the sun falls into his meadow, a winged dragon helps restore peace among the squabbling creatures who claim it belongs to each of them.