Erin E. Stead

Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.

"The whimsical story a man who has spent his life delivering the messages found in ocean bottles and the day he receives a message that turns out to be a party invitation"--

"Follow this touching tale of a boy and his friendship with a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott-winning artist Erin Stead"--Provided by publisher.

"A picture book about moving to a new house and making new friends"--

"On a peculiarly long night, three farm animals set out on a daring quest to bring the sunrise"--