It's the first day of school! Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supplies, posing for pictures, and the hardest part of all—saying good-bye to Mom and Dad. But maybe it won't be so hard once they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is! Colorful illustrations illuminate this uplifting takeoff on the classic Clement C. Moore Christmas poem.

In rhyming text based on "The night before Christmas," Billy is too nervous to sleep the night before he begins preschool, but a kind teacher and new friends fill the day with fun.

A story in the style of the familiar poem, "The Night Before Christmas," tells how a housefull of monsters, goblins, witches and the like prepare for Halloween.

Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas."

Tells the story of one family's Thanksgiving Day celebration.

For International Day at school, Pablo wants to bring something that reflects the cultures of both his parents.

"In rhyming text based on 'The Night Before Christmas,' a family, decked in red, white, and blue, heads to the Fourth of July parade, hosts a backyard BBQ with neighbors, dodges an afternoon thundershower, and watches the fireworks show." --

The painter Joseph Albers saw art in simple things. Late in his career, he began painting squares of solid, unmixed color, one within another.

In rhyming text based on "The night before Christmas", a father's wife and two children prepare several special surprises for him for Father's Day.

The little-known true story of Jackie Kennedy's role in saving New York City's Grand Central Terminal is revealed in this dramatic and beautiful picture book.