Karen Katz

At bedtime, Princess Baby is way too busy to go to sleep.

Poor baby, no one calls her by her real name! “I am not a buttercup, or a giggly goose. I am not a cupcake. Please don’t call me Little Lamb, and never ever Gum Drop,” she insists. With a curtsy and a twirl, again and again our protagonist makes it abundantly clear who she is. She wears a shiny crown, a fancy dress, sparkly shoes, a velvet cape, and glittery jewels. There are more clues too—she dances with princes, has perfect...

A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.

From ten little kisses on baby's teeny tiny toes, to five quick kisses on baby's itty bitty nose, to one last kiss on baby's sleepy, dreamy head, a lyrical picture book attempts to show how many kisses it takes to say goodnight. On board pages.

Tells little stories about father-child relationship.

"Where are baby's hands? Under the bubbles ... where are baby's eyes? under her hat!"

Children find ways to share things they don't want to give up.

Family members awaken a baby with tickles, from one little tickle on a lovely sleepy head to ten tiny tickles on chubby, tubby toes.

Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.

Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friends' skin, viewed in terms of foods and things found in nature.