Stephen Gammell

"Rain's gone! Time to play!" commands the queen. Well, she's not really a queen-just an ordinary girl who has an extraordinary day. She meets Mudkin, a friendly creature who whips up a robe and crown for her. Away they go to meet Her Majesty's subjects. Even if the kingdom lasts only until the next rain shower, the crown Mudkin gives her is forever. In his unmistakable style, Caldecott-winning artist Stephen Gammell creates an ode to the most potent...

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.

The day gets off to a rough start, but soon the smell of pancakes fills the air and a family gathers for a breakfast feast.

A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

A spoiled, naughty boy named Theo gets his just "desserts" when his grandmother bakes him a very large pie.

The Frazzle family is very forgetful, even when Aunt Rosemary visits and tries to straighten them out with her system, until Annie finds a simple and effective way to remember.

Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be.

The first time a baby laughs, his entire extended family gathers for a party in hopes of hearing the sweet sound again.

A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.