New Releases by Elmer Hader

This compilation of Caldecott winners unites three wonderful children''s picture books, written and illustrated by a gifted husband-and-wife duo. The stories combine imaginative color drawings with enchanting storytelling, and all three focus on wildlife ecology, depicting memorable scenes from the natural world. The Big Snow takes place when the geese are headed south and the forest creatures put on their winter coats. When a blanket of snow covers the hills and valleys, the birds, squirrels, mice, and other animals gratefully gather the seeds, nuts, and other foods that the little old man and woman spread for them. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo traces a little chick''s journey from a duck farm to the big red barn, where the rooster''s cry draws him across the wide meadow and its many dangers, from crows and raccoons to a marauding fox. The Mighty Hunter is actually Little Brave Heart, who''s reluctant to go to school ― until he encounters a prairie dog, wildcat, buffalo, and other animals that change his mind about the value of reading and writing.

More than 170 painstakingly restored color and pen-and-ink illustrations accompany unforgettable game songs, tales of boys and girls, and lullabies, including "Hickory, Dickory, Dock," "Hey, Diddle, Diddle," and dozens more.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.

A collection of Mother Goose rhymes categorized under rhymes and songs, game songs, boys and girls, and lullabies. Music is included for many of the selections.

"Little Town" can be any town, any place in the U.S.A. As the town wakes up, we follow all the doings of its citizens. We meet the milkman, the butcher, Officer O''Malley, and more neighbors. We can visit all the stores and shops along Main Street, sit in on a Town Meeting, watch the railroad deliver supplies to the shop keepers, and broad highway carry cars and trucks right past town.

A little red chick was born among the ducks. He seemed very strange them, but they accepted him until one day he was called on a long and scary journey home.

The story of Tommy Thatcher, his wish to go sailing, and how that wish comes true.