Smith, Maggie

At bedtime, when lights go out... sometimes thoughts stay on. Scary things and worries flutter and flap around. It's so hard to sleep! But a little imagination (and a lot of love) can create a cozy nest for happy thoughts--and sweet dreams for little ones. This lyrical and reassuring book by an award-winning poet is the perfect read for calming active minds at bedtime (or anytime).

The award-winning poet explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself, interweaving snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself and revealing how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something beautiful.

"With her breakout bestseller Keep Moving, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her "meditations on kindness and hope" (NPR). Now, with Goldenrod, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory. Pulling objects from everyday life--a hallway mirror, a rock found in her son's pocket, a field of goldenrods at the side of the road--she reveals the magic of the present moment. Only Maggie Smith could turn an autocorrect mistake into a line of poetry, musing that her phone "doesn't observe / the high holidays, autocorrecting / shana tova to shaman tobacco, / Rosh Hashanah to rose has hands."? --.

When his friend Daisy gets sick, Peter sends her more gifts each day of the week until she feels better.

When his friend Daisy gets sick, Peter sends her more gifts each day of the week until she feels better.

Illustrations and alliterative rhyming text welcome the reader to a slumber party hosted by Penelope Pig.

Noly is the best doll anyone could have because she understands about bee stings, brussel sprouts, and scary things.

When Argo the dog wins the lottery, he finds out what money is and starts making decisions about how to spend his new wealth.

Mary Lennox is an orphan sent to live in her reclusive uncle's forbidding mansion filled with secrets, including a crippled cousin she didn't know she had. She discovers a neglected garden and is determined to bring it back to life.