Barbara McClintock

A story that follows the everyday life of two girls, one a professional ballerina, the other a student, both of whom love ballet.

"A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries"--

When Adele walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more. When Simon's older sister, Adele, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Adele makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything....

"A little girl conjures increasingly destructive animals using Chinese martial arts poses"--

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. It is one of the best-loved classic poetry collections ever written and is illustrated here by the world-famous artist Michael Foreman in a beautiful new gift edition, with a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith.

"When Adele and Simon take a tour of China in 1905, Simon misplaces his belongings, one by one ... but they all show up later, revealing their hiding places in Adele's souvenir photographs of the trip"--

A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

A tailor's very old overcoat is recycled numerous times over the years into a variety of garments and other uses.

Even though her photographer father urges her to try a more practical form of art, a young artist in turn of the century Paris finds that her talent for drawing can be useful.