Larsen, Andrew

"A young boy doesn't want to go to bed. The hockey game is on! After his parents have tucked him in and turned out the light, he shines a flashlight on his prized hockey possessions around his room: the posters of his favorite players, the pennant for his favorite team, the puck"--OCLC.

Carnegie believed strongly in sharing his wealth, and one of the ways he did this was by funding the construction of over 2,500 public libraries around the world.

"A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, 'Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?' So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story"--OCLC.

Summer vacations can be magical. Especially when you go back to the same place every year. A place where you can learn to dive under the waves. A place where digging a hole to the center of the earth seems possible. A place where nothing ever changes and where each long, lazy day unfolds just as it did the year before. "See You Next Year" is the story of one such place. Only this year, something does change. And sometimes, change turns out to be a good thing.

Little Theo loves her Poppa and is in awe of his trunk of maps, pictures, postcards, and other mementos from his days as an explorer. As Poppa's birthday approaches, Theo decides the perfect gift is an adventure that she and Poppa can go on together! She creates a map for them to follow, and then Theo and Poppa go to the beach where they stroll in the sand, collect stones, grab some gazpacho, and return with new things to put in the trunk.

An evocative story about two brothers who are growing up (one faster than the other), an unusual summer night and a special tree house that proves childhood is not just a time but also a place.

Inspired by the sight of some school kids releasing butterflies up into the sky, a young boy turns into a "butterfly scientist" and helps his teacher and classmates care for some caterpillars as they grow into butterflies.

Theodora helps her grandfather create a new garden on the balcony of his new apartment using brushes and paint, and soon the garden begins to take on a life of its own.