DePaola, Tomie

At the request of a kind duke's loving daughter, LaColomba, a pure white bird, braves the bitter winter of the northern Italian mountains to sing for the gravely ill man.

When he learns that his mother is going to have a baby, Tommy is very excited and hoped that the baby will be a sister.

A little boy's wish for snow comes true and it snows for five days and nights. He and his animal friends have a wonderful time playing in it until it melts and causes a flood.

Never go near my magic cooking pot, warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No!.

A kiss that lives in a box sets out into the world to find out what it's been missing.

Deciding to fight the night because it always comes at the wrong time, a boy spends an unusual night under the covers at the bottom of his bed.