Laurence Anholt

This is a gentle story about family separation with a happy ending. Betty and Paul are two little birds who build a nest together in a cherry tree. Betty lays an egg and out pops Baby Bird. everyone is happy and all the other animals come to see the baby. But the nest is small, Bettty and Paul squabble, and they decide that Paul should live in a different nest across the other side of the tree...Now there are two nests in the cherry tree. but...

Studying under the Italian inventor Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance, a young boy discovers his teacher is building a mysterious machine--one that he intends to fly!

Sylvette gradually begins to gain self-confidence during the summer she models for the renowned artist Pablo Picasso in the French village of Vallauris.

Sophie waits through the seasons of the year for her sibling to be born and then experiences mixed feelings about the new baby.

A brief biography of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton in 1811 when she was twelve led to a life-long interest in fossils and other important discoveries.

Paul's father, the artist Paul Cézanne has been away from home for so long that the boy hardly recognizes his father when he returns. But the two soon become fast friends. The local townspeople laugh at the artist's pictures. But young Paul likes the art. An influential art dealer comes from Paris the lives of the artist and his son change dramatically.

Billy is nervous about starting school, but as he cares for a sparrow that eventually learns to fly on its own, he realizes that he too can look after himself.

When you wake up in the morning, how do you feel? Happy, tired, dad? Noisy, quiet, glad? This book invites very uyoung children to think and talk about themselves and their world.

Rhymed text and illustrations describe a child's likes and dislikes.