Engel, Diana

After Grandma explains that she named Josephina after her talented, daring older sister, Josephina starts to appreciate her unusual name.

A mother's encircling arms, the moon and stars, and many more circles send a baby off to sleep.

Claire, a young mouse, loves spending her summers with her grandparents, and although she finds things changed after her grandfather's death she and her grandmother find the strength to go on without him.

Two little girls create a whole world of their own--a jungle on a roll of shelf paper.

A little lump of clay that badly wants to be "something" finally gets its wish.

Gino would rather sculpt mice out of dough than sweep the floor in his family's pasta factory, but when the factory falls on hard times, Gino's mice save the day.

When Loretta moves to a new town, she misses her grandfather and the love of fishing they shared.

Twelve-year-old Thomas, who likes to draw, is dismayed when his mother leaves him with his eccentric great-uncle Tano for an extended visit, until the two of them explore the natural world around the isolated house and work together on a stained glass panel.

After Grandma explains that she named Josephina after her talented, daring older sister, Josephina starts to appreciate her unusual name.

Josephine's passion for collecting anything and everything finally drives her sister out of the room they both share.