Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

In Tanzania, Bernardi's mute grandfather makes him a wonderful music box and then helps him realize his dream of owning a soccer ball and going to school.

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming little boy in the forest. When she brings him home, her mother cautions her "children make terrible pets." All the world: This story follows a circle of family and friends over the course of a day and shows the importance of all things great and small in our world. Crow call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war for longer than she can remember, begin their journey to reconnect....