Ted Rand

"Inside, outside, climbing up the stairs, or jumping into bed, your shadow may be following you! Complete with a cast of the whole family, a cat, a dog, and a teddy, this story is for everyone. Little ones who are just discovering their shadows for the first time will find inspiration between these pages, while older, more experienced kids are sure to learn new ways to play with their shadows." --

On Prince William Sound in Alaska, Denny rescues a baby seal hurt by an oil spill and watches it recover at a nearby animal hospital.

To accompany this noble poem, Mr. Galdone has created sweeping pictures that catch the urgency of the event, the New England setting, and the men that rose to the call. Children will enjoy this presentation.

The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve and have many adventures.

While wintering in Alaska, Salty the dog falls from an airplane and must survive until his master Zack finds him.

A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.

While still grieving for her mother and unable to accept her stepmother, a girl clings to the memories represented by forty-three buttons on a string.

Presents side-by-side narration of the earth's making of a mountain, shaping it with sun, wind, and rain, and a child's effortsat the beach to make a tall sand mountain which is also affectedby the elements.

An escaped snake finds many clever places to hide throughout a house, while the boy who brought him home continues to search for him.

When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik and grows to love it, even though Julie tells him it cannot stay.