Wendell Minor

"Playing with concepts of size and scale, giant pumpkins decorate some of America's most famous landmarks and landscapes."--

When Halloween comes around, pumpkins are turned into pumpkin heads of different kinds and greet trick-or-treaters.

In watercolor sketches accompanied by text, the author records his impressions of the Grand Canyon.

An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.

Continues the story of Julie and her wolves in which Kapu must protect his pack from famine and disease while uniting it under his new leadership.

Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.

In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.

A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

Christmas trees come in all shapes and sizes and can be found in almost any setting, but there is only one "best" Christmas tree.

A pop-up book which illustrates the first verse of "America the Beautiful," line by line, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Statue of Liberty, and includes an attached smaller book containing an additional pop-up illustration for each later verse.