"The Sparrow's Dream" is a journey through the seasons of a year told in the form of haiga - visual images with accompanying haiku poems. Each of these haiga articulate the emotion or idea that was evoked in the author at the moment he encountered the images that inspired their creation. While most of the haiga photographs in this collection were inspired by nature, their haiku poems reveal a far more profound (or sometimes humorous) underlying meaning that offers the reader an enriching aesthetic experience each time the book is viewed.

"Count to Ten With Your New Friends" became a #1 Bestseller within days of its publication and introduces children to the numbers one through ten using colorful drawings, fantastic creatures and fun rhymes. You'll read the rhyme on each page then point out the featured number on that page. Next, you'll encourage your child to find that featured number as well as all the numbers he or she has learned on previous pages and count them out beginning with one and working up to the featured number, making this book a fun, interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the...

Autumn and her friend James have fun deciding what they're going to be for Halloween, plan and make their costumes together and go out trick-or-treating together. On her way home, Autumn encounters a witch who steals her candy. The witch is very unpleasant and refuses to give Autumn her candy back. When the witch is frightened by a bug, Autumn devises a plan to help the witch overcome her fear of bugs and get her candy back. Her plan works but, more importantly, both Autumn and the witch learn some important lessons about friendship and helping others. This story provides excellent...