Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

In preparation for Halloween night and trick-or-treating, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.

Three children getting ready for Christmas count down from ten to one in anticipation of Christmas morning.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.

"What better way for Bear to say thanks than over a nice big dinner? One by one, Bear's friends show up with different platters of delicious food to share. There's just one problem - Bear's cupboards are bare! What is he to do?" --

Siblings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers, dry them, then press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Includes an authors' note about the festival.