Ryder, Joanne

A mama bear tells her baby how she will always love him.

At the end of the summer, a child revisits the special places she has enjoyed on her vacation.

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of hugs.

The birds that glide through the sky, hop through the grass, and sing on the fence gradually come to feed from a child's hand.

Rose's family spends a fun-filled day at the beach celebrating Uncle Tom's birthday.

On a visit to the old north woods, a girl enjoys the many natural treasures hidden in its deepest places.

Transformed into a humpback whale, a child experiences life in the ocean among other whales.

Jenny experiences the wonder of seeing and hearing the woods fill up with humming cicadas, and seventeen years later she returns with her young son to share that experience.

The reader imagines how it feels to be a snail.

At night after falling asleep, Anna flies to her favorite park which is now filled with crocodiles, monkeys, and a lion who takes her to his secret waterfall.