Kate Banks

A boy provides instructions as he searches high and low for an elephant, which the reader can find in the illustrations.

At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating.

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can been seen with one's eyes closed.

A stranded wolf cub is rescued and raised by a loving polar bear, and years later when he is grown into a wolf and on his own, he comes upon a lost polar bear cub, and the cycle begins again.

When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers.

Sent north after his owner dies, a cat wanders across the countryside of France looking for the home he had in the stone house by the edge of the sea.

The sun begins to set on the savanna, and ten little lions must find their way home before dark. One by one, lion cubs emerge from trees, past bouncing monkeys and braying zebras. They cross a stream, watch a herd of thundering wildebeest, and explore the darkening beauty of the landscape. As the moon rises, ten little lion cubs curl up together just in time for bedtime, under their mothers' watch in a space that is cozy and warm.

"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their holes with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures--salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...

"In a spare, lyrical text, young listeners and readers will follow a little boy through his day--from early morning till bedtime--and watch as what fills his active imagination becomes real. Toys grow to life size: a tin monkey plays a real drum and fiddle--rat-a-tat, toot!; a stuffed lion roars--rumble, grumble; and a dump truck empties its load--BANG! But when quiet time comes, and a "hush" settles over his bedroom, animals nap, and the boy becomes...