Helen Oxenbury

A small child's first ballet class is nearly a disaster.

After choosing a gift for her friend's birthday, a young girl has trouble relinquishing it.

When brave mariners Jack, Zack and Caspar build a galleon then set off on an imaginary adventure at sea, they face pirates, a storm, and a shipwreck.

A baby frog scares the other animals.

A young boy imagines what life will be like when his new sibling arrives.

A little boy worries throughout the summer that he's not getting bigger, but at the end of the season he tries on his winter clothes and realizes that he has grown.

It's a snowy day, and Grampa is coming by train for a visit. Henry can't wait! He sets out with Charley, his beloved pup, pulling a sled for Grampa's suitcase. To pass time at the station, Henry tells Charley about Grampa -- how he has the longest feet and snores wild, and how he doesn't know how to be friends with a dog. At last Grampa arrives, but when a sudden gust of wind blows his hat away, Charley disappears into the whirling snow -- and returns,...

Hugo, Iván, and Marcos build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Iván, then Marcos, and King Hugo is left to face night creatures alone. "Hugo, Iván y Marcos construyen una cabaña, un castillo inexpugnable para el rey Hugo y sus soldados..."--P. [4] of cover.

Alicia y Juan jugaban en el jardín cuando oyeron un misterioso sonido y al internarse en el bosque se encontraron con una bonita sorpresa. Alicia y Juan were playing in the garden when they heard a strange sound, as they walked deeper in the woods they found a beautiful surprise.