Eve Bunting

Mr. and Mrs. Moose try to invite a turkey to their Thanksgiving feast.

Three little mouse brothers go into the meadow to each find a present for their mother, but it's the littlest mouse that comes up with the most unusual gift of all.

A boy standing with his father on the shore watches five Orca whales and imagines them talking underwater in their star-dance light while the bubbles bubble up.

When four-year-old Susie treats her father to a series of special activities for Father's Day, they just happen to be all of her own favorite things.

Scary incidents at midnight give Biff the dog and his master a frightening time but all turn out to have good explanations.

A family flees its native country in a small boat and lands in America on a particularly appropriate holiday. Mom and Dad and the boy and girl are coming to America in a big boat.

A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday.

A young boy plants the seeds in a large circle. He waters them and waits patiently until they grow taller than himself, with huge nodding blossoms that form a perfect "sunflower house." He and two friends play in the "house" all summer, even sleeping in it one night, until the leaves turn brown and the stems fall down.

Mrs. Bear plans a surprise Valentine's Day celebration for Mr. Bear despite their usual hibernating habits at that time of year.

Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp.