Emily Arnold McCully

Always late Nate who likes to go slow surprises everyone at the race.

"On a very hot day, Min, a budding engineer, builds a machine that draws water from a well and into a swimming pool"--

Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.

Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe.

When silent movie director Larry Trimble decides to put Strongheart, a police dog, into his movies as the lead actor, he must first train him to play with toys and walk like a regular dog, but Strongheart becomes a sensation until his military training leads to trouble, and possibly the end of his career. Includes author's note on the real Strongheart.

Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.

A little mouse gets lost on the way to a family picnic.

A young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas.

Pete likes Bunny, the new girl in his class; and despite teasing from classmates, Bunny likes Pete too.

"Prepare to discover new heroes among these twenty-one women who challenged the status quo, championed others, and made their voices heard. From Jane Addams to Alice Waters, from groundbreaking artists and social justice advocates to scientific pioneers and business innovators, a strong thread of trailblazing women runs through American history. Written in compelling, accessible prose and vividly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully,...