Marsha Diane Arnold

Disturbed by a deafening snore, Jack wakes up the family and animals one by one in search of the noisy culprit.

"Big Panda and the forest animals have an unspoken agreement: what's his is his and what's theirs is theirs. And that's just the way they like it. So when newcomer Little Panda wonders through the forest with his kite, he's met with a refrain of "Mine!" from the animals as he stumbles into their games and pastimes, followed by a string of exasperated "Yours!" directed at Little Panda's kite. But when a gust of wind threatens the animals and their...

Lily will someday be the "bell cow, " leading her herd, but because her prancing and dancing only disrupts their order, she travels the world looking for the right place and dance for her.

An Australian sheep rancher who eats pumpkins for energy enters a race from Melbourne to Sydney, despite people laughing at his eccentricities.

Raccoon does not want to be alone on a stormy night but his neighbors, Possum, Quail, and Woodchuck, each tell him they have no room to spare.

Because he misses his grandfather and is afraid Grandfather misses him since moving far away, Little Cottontail finds a way to send special gifts by wind, cloud, or river, then finds that Grandfather has sent something back.

Animals embark on a quest to find true darkness when too many artificial lights at night confuse migrating birds, silence singing frogs, and affect the survival of nocturnal animals.

"A bilingual story, inspired by the childhood of Valentina Cruz, whose family was one of the first permanent inhabitants of the Galapagos islands. Valentina makes a promise to protect the islands and her animal friends"--Provided by publisher.