Tomie DePaola

A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.

Tells how the first Persian carpet was created to replace King Balash's lost treasure.

Pascual, a boy blessed by angels at his birth, receives divine help when the Franciscan monks make him their cook.

A collection of folk tales, original stories, and jokes reflecting the regional humor of northern New England.

"The life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is sure to touch the heart of every child. These beautifully written and illustrated episodes draw on the Bible, Church tradition, and pious legend to present the woman chosen by God to bring the Savior into the world. In sharing events from Mary's birth to her crowning as the Queen of Heaven, these fifteen stories will inspire a lifelong devotion to her son and invite them to say 'Yes' to the presence of Jesus...

Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti. Find out how and why art is made. Explore colors, shapes, patterns and themes. Discover the world's great rtists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama.

Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.