Barbara Cooney

Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island out in the bay.

Island Boy: Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England. Miss Rumphius: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.

A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

After hearing some men call his father and him hillbillies on his first trip into the nearby town of Hudson, a young boy is not so sure he still wants to become a basket maker.

A poor cobbler and his three sons worry about having food for their Christmas feast, until a playful goblin king pays them a visit.

A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, in which she describes her love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.