Melissa Sweet

Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephermera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter. --

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

Too shy to approach the girl he likes, Jackson hides little gifts for her to discover before Valentine's Day.

Jacob watches his favorite television show, "Baking with Chef Monty, " and bakes a beautiful peach pie, which he gives to his parents for their anniversary.

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of hugs.

Throughout the day, Baby Bear finds a book to fit every special moment.

Retells the story of Goldilocks and the three bears in rhyming text interspersed with Spanish words, which are defined in a glossary.

A selection of short American poems dealing with the four seasons and the different weather events and animal patterns that can occur within each.

With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.