Uri Shulevitz

Troto's a happy little car who likes to go places until he drives all the way to Cactusville and meets some big trucks that tease him for being so small.

As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything. No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city,...

One December afternoon, boy with dog and grandfather with beard take a walk to watch the sun begin to set over the river. When the sun drops low in the sky, they start home. Buildings grow dimmer. People are rushing. As nature's lights go out, one by one, city's lights turn on, revealing brilliant Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Christmas displays in streets, homes, and stores. A stunning picture book that's sure to be a winter holiday classic by Caldecott...

Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.

A young child spends the day imagining himself to be a sailor on a grand adventure.

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II. En esta historia, basada en los recuerdos de su infancia durante la II Guerra Mundial, Uri Shulevitz cuenta cómo un mapa lo llevó, con la ayuda de su imaginación, muy lejos del hambre, la miseria y el sufrimiento.

Eleven stories about women of the Hebrew Bible who influenced the course of Jewish history through their courageous actions.