Douglas Wood

Earth is full of suffering and war until one little girl seeks Old Turtle, who tells her about a "broken truth" and how mending it will help her community to understand the common bond of all humanity.

Reveals the secret of how our unfinished world is being made complete by everyone who lives in it, including the reader.

While learning the secret to a good life, a child says thank you for the natural world and for being loved, because a grateful heart is always happy.

Describes how dads show love by explaining all the things that they cannot do, such as sleeping late, keeping their ties clean, and reading books by themselves.

When the people have deep questions about life, death, and how to find happiness, they journey to find Old Turtle, and she answers their questions with wisdom and love.

All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.

Celebrates many ways of enjoying a day when the calendar is blank--no homework, no soccer practice, no anything--from building a fort to lying down and watching the clouds change shape.

Lists all of the things a grandmother cannot do, such as baking your favorite cookies by herself, or opening her purse without finding gum or candy. There are lots of things regular people can do, but grandmas can't. Grandmas can't bake your favorite cookies by themselves. And sometimes they can't laugh without tears coming out of their eyes. Grandmas can't let you go to bed without reading you a story -- or six. But of all the many things grandmas...

Explores the period in which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill held the world's fate in their hands, and the holiday visit that sealed their friendship and steered the course of World War II.

In rhyming text, a dog and cat express and compare their love and friendship for each other.