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What Julianna Could See Paul Margulies, Famke Zonneveld This radiant picture book was written for Julianna Margulies,the film actor and former star of the hit television series ER when she was six years old. Her father, Paul Margulies, captures the pure openness of a child's imagination. These reflections on what a small girl sees around her remind us all, young and old, that lifes riches can come to us through our loving attention to the simple and ordinary. The vibrant images by Famke Zonneveld (the illustrator of Living Alphabet) bring this book to life.	Mr. Goethe's Garden Diana Cohn, Paul Mirocha Mr. Goethe's Garden tells the story of a unique friendship between an inquisitive young girl, Irena, and her neighbor the elderly, world-famous playwright, artist and natural scientist, Johann von Goethe. Irena visits Mr. Goethe in his well-tended garden where he teaches her to draw and to observe the world of nature in a special way. The vibrant, colorful pictures by Paul Mirocha will enliven the imaginations of all children.
The Key of the Kingdom A Book of Stories and Poems for Children Elizabeth Gmeyner, Joyce Russell This is a classic, much-loved collection of stories, legends, fairy tales, fables, and poems for young children from seven to nine. The authors range from Shakespeare, and Robert Herrick through Blake, Keats, Tennyson, Walter de la Mare, and anonymous authors of folk tales and old carols, All were chosen because of their ability to fill the heart and mind with their rhythms, words, and images.	Winter, Awake! Linda Kroll, Ruth Lieberherr The coming of Winter plays an important role in the cycle of nature. In this delightfully illustrated story, young children can find that for every thing there is a season. Winter, Awake! tells what happens one year when Winter will not wake. The tired trees need to rest. Their fallen leaves have made a leafy blanket for the sleeping seeds. All the woodland creatures try to tell Winter their work is done. They scold and mock and urge, but Winter will not wake, until, at last, the round red ladybug in her small, soft voice whispers something gently in his ear and mighty Winter wakes! (Ages 57)
The Beejum Book Alice O. Howell Take a journey into a world of fantasy that, deep down, each of us knows and longs for. It tells the story of Teak, a child living abroad between the two World Wars. Teak's mother tells her not to worry about being left alone, because every night, when she goes to sleep, they can meet in Beejumstan.	In Blue Mountains An Artist's Return to America's First Wilderness Thomas Locker In Blue Mountains contains more than a dozen beautiful color reproductions of magnificent paintings by Thomas Locker. It is about the love of nature and the importance of beauty. It tells the story of an artist who sets out to explore wilderness and discovers a new way of seeing. Bewildered at first by the profusion of nature There are so many leaves, he could never paint them all! gradually, he learns to see its wholeness and to trust his feelings ...

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