Stock, Catherine

A child and her parents enjoy the last-minute activities to prepare for Christmas.

Monsieur Monmouton takes his farm animals to Paris, France, for a holiday.

Tommy is reluctant to dress up and go out on Halloween until his mother convinces him that there are no real monsters, ghosts, or witches.

There seems to be no place for the smallest child in a family's busy preparations for Thanksgiving, until Grandpa steps in and they perform a vital task everyone else has forgotten.

Although he is not pleased with his mother's choice of gift for him to take to a birthday party, a little boy attends and experiences a pleasant surprise.

A child makes valentines for her family and then adds a special name to her list. On Valentine's Day she receives a secret valentine in return.

Summer transforms a quiet island as visitors arrive for swimming, playing on the beach, card games, soccer, hide-and-seek, and dancing in the evening.

Sophie accompanies her parents on an overnight hike to Purple Cloud Rock.

Emma's grandfather, newly arrived from China, introduces her to the power of dragons.

A little elephant's midnight snack grows into a feast composed of a different food for each letter of the alphabet.