A boy brings home a pet goose for his mother's birthday present, but grandfather threatens to eat it at his own eighty-eighth birthday dinner.

Provides a collection of more than fifty poems, nursery rhymes, stories, and excerpts which feature little things in their pages or their titles, with illustrat

This book is an introduction to the work of nineteen leading English-language writers for children. It mixes American, British and Australian writers; it includ

The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most fertile periods in the history of children's books. A fascinating reference guide to the world of children'