Elizabeth Coatsworth

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility and devotion, brought him good fortune.

A poem describes the journey of camels carrying the Wise Men to see the new-born baby Jesus.

Disappointed at first about spending a summer on a small island with four people, myriad birds, and endless water, a boy gradually awakens to the many island things awaiting his discovery.

In late eighteenth-century Massachusetts, Sally, an orphan living on a farm with her three aunts and two uncles, is excited when, after deciding to relocate in Maine, the family sets out on the long and adventurous winter journey taking with them a little house on runners so that her oldest aunt may never have to leave her own fireside behind.

Father Ambrosius, the orphan boy Michael, the outcast Harold Fairhair, and the dog Seumas wander throughout Ireland leaving everyone they meet touched by their joy and wisdom.

A discouraged Maine farmer regains his lost pride after a series of strange encounters with an ethereal, young girl whom his children call "Silky."

The pond creatures gather under the willow tree to be fed crumbs.

When she is caught in a flood, a little girl copes with the situation with the help of her antique doll.