A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.

Poems about fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in Earth's most dangerous places where they live.

Describes the first successful climb to the top of Mount Everest by the Sherpa Tenzing Norkey and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.

A young Cree Indian boy, Trout-with-Flattened-Nose, is not fond of his given name and seeks to earn a new one that is more flattering.

A lyrical account of the earth's creation and the advent of music. How music came to earth is explained in this Aztec myth. To the author the myt

Though her father seeks to protect her from all unpleasant things, a young princess is intrigued by the voice of the wind that tells her of world

An illustrated version of the well-known poem about birch trees and the pleasures of climbing them.

Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, get their name from the white moon-shaped blaze on their chests. Sadly, there are more moon bears in captivit

A wise dragonfly helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his own way.

A wise dragonfly helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his own way.