Most Popular Books by Jane Ray

For her third volume in The Story Collector series, acclaimed author and illustrator Jane Ray ventures into forests, jungles, mountains, and even imaginary worlds. Here you will find stories about animals of all kinds: rough-skinned elephants, yellow-eyed tigers, hulking great bears, elegant springing antelope, wily rabbits, and more. The tales--which feature transformation, magic, empathy, kindness, and trickery--include: "The Singing Ringing Tree," "Theseus and the Minotaur," "How the Rhinoceros Got his Skin," and "The Leopard''s Promise."

Jane Ray''s family classic "The Story of Christmas updated to include a fold-out creche. In addition to its ravishing, gold-highlighted paintings, a pop-up creche filled with the characters from the biblical story has been added. In this reinvented version of her book "The Story of Christmas, author and illustrator Jane Ray has lovingly brought to life the busy streets of Bethlehem, the journey of the Three Kings across desert and sea, the triumphant angels and the humble shepherds.

Have you ever seen a mermaid? Eliza has! And this is the story of how she and a mermaid become inseperable friends.

With this extraordinary collection of stories--each featuring a bird as a central character--Jane Ray has crafted a special gift for children who love to read and be read to. Ray, an internationally renowned picture-book artist, retells and stunningly illustrates a rich variety of tales from around the world. Some, like Oscar Wilde''s "The Happy Prince," are beloved; others, like the charming African myth "Mulungu Paints the Birds," will become new favorites. The writers include the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Edward Lear. Jane''s writing style simply glides along, revealing tales of wonder, magic, and mystery.

Jasmine''s garden has the most delicious fruit in the village--but someone is eating all her beautiful apples and apricots, kiwis and kumquats, papayas and peaches. Determined to discover the thief''s identity, Jasmine waits ... and waits. Little does she imagine that when he arrives, he''ll lead her on a magical journey through the skies.

The sea is full of mystery and enchantment--and this extraordinary second volume in The Story Collector series captures every drop of its magic. Retold and illustrated by the renowned picture-book artist Jane Ray, The Little Mermaid and Other Fishy Tales features an international selection of captivating stories and poems: "The Fisherman and His Wife," "Whalesong," "Lobster Quadrille," "The Ballad of John Silver," and many more.

Con ilustraciones maravillosas y prosa directa, esta coleccion de12 de los cuentos mas queridos encantaran y cautivaran a los ninos. Incluye relatos de Cenicienta, La bella durmiente, La bella y la bestia, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Blancanieves, Hansel y Gretel, y mas.

Esta antologia revela el poder del amor en 12 cuentos clasicos, incluyendo Tristan e Isolda, Antonio y Cleopatra, La Espada de Solomon, y Romeo y Julieta. Los temas universales del amor eterno, amor perdido, amor de una madre, y el amor entre amigos son explorados por estos clasicos.

Poetry about contemporary spiritual life, written in non-churchy and non-ironic language. Serious, humorous, often startling meditations engage the spiritual searching of both believers and non-believers. These poems are full of ideas but not academic, full of feeling but not sentimental. They can be unsettling for know-it-alls, challenging for skeptics, helpful for catechists, inspirational for preachers, and provide thoughtful support for prayer. The author is a Catholic of the Vatican II persuasion, a Boomer from the California coast, and has come to believe what she was once told by a Franciscan teacher: that there are no Christians in Heaven, because in heaven our human desperation for rigid identity systems dissolves in Love. Dedicated to all people who have come to feel that something is missing. This second edition has a foreword and author biography by Janet Nippell.

A Nature Storybook about hummingbirds, beautifully told and illustrated by Nicola Davies and Jane Ray.From Nicola Davies, award-winning non-fiction author, and Jane Ray, one of the country''s finest illustrators, comes a spellbinding Nature Storybook about hummingbirds. A hummingbird weighs less than a nickel, less than a 20 pence piece, less than a 50 cent bit. Whatever way you use to measure it, it''s tiny. But every spring, hummingbirds that have spent the winter in Mexico fly north to make the most of the warmer weather. They nest as far north as Canada and Alaska - a 2,000-mile trip, made by a bird smaller than your thumb. This is the story of one spring migration: of a tiny bird, its amazing journey and the people it meets along the way.

A prose retelling, incorporating lines from the play, of the tragic consequences of a deadly feud between two rival families in Renaissance Verona.

Des contes et légendes du monde entier relatifs à la Lune, au Soleil et aux étoiles.

Une jolie princesse avec une peau blanche comme la neige, des lèvres rouges comme le sang et des cheveux noirs comme l''ébène... sans oublier la vilaine reine dont la jalousie n''a d''égal que sa grande cruauté! La légendaire histoire de Blanche-Neige racontée à travers six illustrations en trois dimensions pour rejouer à l''infini comme dans un petit théâtre au décor raffiné ce merveilleux conte de fées!