Bill Richardson

"When Lavinia the badger catches the culprit that has been raiding her vegetable garden, she agrees to let the frightened bunny go for the promise of a great reward and she is astonished by the musical magic that the coming night brings." --

"A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make." So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too. Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother...

Hello sun: Quentin the hedgehog longs to see the sun, but the trees in the forest where he lives block his view. So Quentin comes up with a plan -- he'll build a treehouse! But this proves to be a big task for a little hedgehog. With a little determination and some help from his friends, Quentin reaches new heights and finally greets the sun. I wish I had freckles like Abby: Rosa wants freckles just like her friend Abby. How can she get them? Maybe...