Elisha Cooper

"A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"--

Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system.

Women, men, boys, and girls spend a day at the beach enjoying a variety of activities on the sand and in the water.

A step-by-step exploration of how ice cream is made, beginning with the healthy foods cows eat to produce good milk, and ending with a carton of frozen treat.

After a bear cub persuades his friends to play with him instead of hibernating, he gets very tired and falls asleep.

A cat sits in the doorway and tries to decide whether to go inside where he might get fed again, go outside where he might have an adventure, or stay where he is.

Describes the process of construction, step-by-step, from clearing the site to cleaning up the finished building.

Describes the activities that go on at a country fair, from the animal exhibits, food tasting, and ox pulls to a wood chopping exhibition.

"The award-winning children's book author confronts a new world when faced with his daughter's illness in this frank, moving, and beautiful memoir. Elisha Cooper spends his mornings writing and illustrating children's books, his afternoons playing with his two daughters. The phrase he hates most is "throw like a girl," so he teaches them to climb trees and play ball. But when he discovers a lump in five-year-old Zoe's midsection as she sits on his...