Kate Banks

A bird, a monkey, and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking for a new home, encountering various jungle animals on the way. Features rebuses, which are identified with labels in the margins of the pages.

As Peter watches a spider crawl across the floor, he and his mother play at imagining all that they would do if Peter were a spider.

A boy's ability to spell words with his alphabet soup comes in handy during the magical journey he takes in his mind with a friendly bear.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a little boy through a day of imaginative play with various toys, followed by a quiet time of books and crayons as bedtime nears.

Unaware of its eons-old history, a boy finds a rock and takes it home to a shelf beside his sea glass and starfish.

Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work.

"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...

While waiting for it to be born, a young child wonders what its new sibling will be like.

Alice's parents get her a parrot for her birthday.

During a summer at her grandparents' Italian seaside home, thirteen-year-old Lucrezia faces a changing relationship with her best friend Oliver and great personal tragedy.