S. D. Schindler

Uses a dialog between two friends, one who estimates, one who counts precisely, to show estimation at work in everyday life.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text follow a family as they make the difficult journey by wagon to a new home across the Rocky Mountains.

A young boy describes the trip he and his father make to Grandma's house, measuring how many miles are left at various points on the trip.

Humorous verses are added to traditional Mother Goose rhymes.

Although others participate by driving, riding, and making music, Amanda Dade leads the parade to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

Surrounded by the many sounds of spring, a hibernating bear is late in waking up, until he hears one very special sound.

Illustrated in full color. A coat full of arrows...a wedding in the wilderness...men trudging across a field strewn with white skulls and bones - these fresh, new images are drawn entirely from original sources, with compelling stories that read better than fiction. The Pilgrims at Plymouth will give young readers a Pilgrim history that is bigger, richer, and more enthralling than any other now available.

Travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois.

The villagers of Chelm, in the rabbi's absence, send a messenger to a nearby village in order to be reminded how to prepare for the coming Hanukkah.