The story opens with a man in a red-checked coat delivering, door-to-door, dozens of homemade fruitcakes. He bakes them at home inside tin cans, “for two people, it was a soup can. For small families, a vegetable can. For large... Read More

Ned is a green worm who lives in an apple and loves the color red. So, what’s the problem? Ned’s apple is going bad; it’s leaking; it’s going to mush. He needs to find a new home. Ned packs a suitcase and heads out into the big... Read More

TOON Books, established by the art editor for the New Yorker, Françoise Mouly, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, launches this book as its first for the very young. It does not disappoint. We challenge you to find storytelling... Read More

No springerle or Russian teacakes at Jim’s house-on Christmas Eve they make gingerbread pirate cookies for Santa. Now that’s a mom! Jim’s Pirate Cookie is terribly worried though: who is this Santa Claus who wants to eat his crew?... Read More

It’s Chinese New Year, and although Amy has never met any of her relatives in China, she knows her mother is feeling homesick. Then a package arrives with a letter from Amy’s uncle. He describes how he was plowing his field one day... Read More

Living in the most diverse nation in the world can be a mixed blessing in classrooms at holiday time. Tuyet, for example, is terribly concerned that her family of Vietnamese origin will be breaking all sorts of rules by serving duck.... Read More

Soft illustrations help tell the story of a baby sea turtle who follows city lights instead of the stars and ends up lost and confused. Animals try to help him by suggesting he could be a painted turtle or a terrapin, and although he... Read More

Cris Arbo used a wild hive in her Virginia backyard as the model for these illustrations. In her imagination, says the biography, she climbed right inside the hive to offer a bees-eye view of the world. Arbo succeeded utterly, and... Read More