Books like Fish for Supper

A girl and her grandmother gather salmon, herring eggs, and berries across the seasons on their island home, singing to the land as it sings back to them.

A boy and his father fish before dawn at a Minneapolis pond, not for sport but for food, while stories of a different pond back in Vietnam quietly surface between casts.

A family farm moves through a full year, from spring planting to morning chores to the first cold rains of autumn, following animals, crops, and the people who tend them.

A little bear can't fall asleep because he's afraid of the dark, so Big Bear tries lantern after lantern before finally showing him the moon and stars outside the cave.

Twelve poems follow one family through a full year, from January sledding to July fireworks to autumn leaves underfoot, finding wonder in each month's particular light and weather.

A six-year-old boy spends his days in his grandfather Luis's towering garden, learning bird names, playful expressions, and reading and writing from a grandfather who never had schooling of his own.

Mother Earth writes a heartfelt letter to children everywhere, telling them how much she loves them and asking them to love and protect her and all the creatures who share her home.

A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.

A parent shares a string of tender wishes for a child — to find wonder in flying birds, to know love as vast and constant as the moon loves the sky.

A gentle retelling of the Nativity story, set among barn animals who witness a quiet, extraordinary birth on a cold night.

A gentle tour through nature at dusk, as mother animals — owl, fox, whale, and more — each tell their babies just how deep and boundless their love runs.

A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.