Reg and Keely are twins. Keely loves painting and bugs. Reg loves rocks. Keely sings crazy rhymes. Reg plays softball. Shawna and Burt are their friends. In this series of linked stories, the childrenís deep involvement with their daily activities never falters, from a bug walk, through incidents flying a kite and dividing labor at clean up time, to a chance to swim in the river on a hot summer's day.

See below for English description. Une grand-mère globe-trotter rapporte à sa petite-fille de merveilleux présents, dont l'amour et le respect des endroits qu'elle a visités et des gens qu'elle a rencontrés.   My grandma went a-travelling, said: "What would you have me bring?" "Not much," said I, "Just a piece of the sky, and a hundred songs I can sing..." Grandma is taking a trip around the world, and she's bringing back wonderful gifts for everyone! Original title: Gifts

A little girl's grandmother travels the world and brings her back the gifts of love and respect for a hundred different places. A Message from Jo Ellen Bogart I have always been a curious person. When I have a question about something, I like to go looking for the answer. Writing gives me the chance to investigate many subjects that interest me and even find new subjects I would not have thought of otherwise. I hope that my books give you lots to think about. Jo Ellen Bogart

Jeremiah is a very wise man. He knows how to build a fence, cook pancakes, grow vegetables, and many other wonderful thingsbut there is something that Jeremiah does not know how to do. He cannot read and he wants to learn how. A heartwarming story about the joy of reading and the ways that we can learn from one another. Winner of the 1998 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award.

The little blue house in this lovely, lyrical book could be overlooking any ocean, and the narrator could be any child anywhere, gazing out over the waters, thinking about all the places she could go and imagining other little blue houses on other shores, with other children gazing back.