Miska Petersham

When Ichabod Crane becomes the new schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, he quickly and happily adjusts to the local ways. He delights in the bountiful dinners he's served when visiting the prosperous farms of the region; he enjoys the local yarns and scary legends that fill the firelit evenings of autumn; and he comes to love the idea of marrying Katrina Van Tassel and of one day owning her father's wealth and lands. There's one problem with his plans,...

The antics of Baby Elephant as his mother tries to teach him toeat with a spoon at the clown family's dining table.

A panorama of the American heritage is presented, using the letters of the alphabet to represent those people, events, and attributes that constitute the United States of America.

Welcome to Rootabaga Country-where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, where the pigs wear bibs, and where the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind. You'll meet baby balloon pickers, flummywisters, corn fairies, and blue foxes-and if you're not careful, you may never find your way back home! This part one of the Rootabaga Stories retains the original illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham.

A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.