Banks, Kate

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can been seen with one's eyes closed.

When fourteen-year-old Rachel reads the journal of her brother, who died when she was seven, she learns secrets that help her understand her parents and herself.

When a father and child go fishing together, each does certain things his or her own way, and both have a wonderful day.

At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating.

When he finds out that he was born on Friday the thirteenth, third-grader Howie Bowles becomes convinced that bad luck is causing all his problems.

Max and his older brother Pete learn about stars, planets, and galaxies when their father takes them to an astronomical observatory.

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

Third-grader Howie Bowles copes with having to change schools twice in one year by pretending to be a secret agent named Agent Bean Burger.

While a farm family bustles about, preparing for the arrival of Christmas, they do not notice the great anticipation spreading among the animals, who know that something very special is on its way.

Alex wants to be a "night worker" like his father who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed.