Kate Banks

"As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter--all except for a nightingale with a broken wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it's never had to experience before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to frosty conditions help the nightingale navigate the cold as its wing heals...the nightingale discovers there's beauty to be found in even the harshest weather"--...

Many unusual and unexpected things happen while Max plays with his invisible dragon.

After his owner dies, a cat wanders across the countryside of France, unable to forget the home he had in the stone house by the edge of the sea.

A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness.

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can be seen with one's eyes closed.

A young baboon's view of the world changes as his mother shows him various parts of his environment.