R. W. Alley

When Mom or Dad dies, children grieve deeply. But we can show our care and love for them by encouraging them to share their feelings of sorrow and loss. We can give them the time and space they need to adjust and listen to—if not answer—their questions. We can let them know that they can heal and live a happy, full life of faith, hope, and love—the kind of life their Mom or Dad would want for them. We can listen to their hurt and...

After Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl find a missing baby wearing pink diapers and a home for Cadet Kitty, they lose and rediscover each other.

Four easily confused friends find their own way to celebrate Halloween.

Two friends set off for a picnic together, but by the time they are ready to eat, they have lost one another.

Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him.

Lily tries many different costumes before she creates the perfect one for surprising her father on Halloween.

Illustrations and brief rhyming text depict police officers responding to a variety of situations, from a broken traffic light to a robbery.

To avoid a nap, Tad plays his favorite quiet game with his aunt and together their imaginations take them from their home in Buffalo, New York, to Hong Kong.

Nineteen poems reveal life in colonial America as seen through the eyes of a teacher and her class when they go on field trips to historic sites from the Revolutionary War era.