Books like The Bee Tree
By Patricia Polacco
For the kid who needs coaxing away from a screen or a stalled-out book, this is proof that the best adventures start with a little boredom. Sunny, communal, old-fashioned fun with a countryside chase at its heart.
A determined girl chases every trick her neighbors suggest to try to capture Brother Wind himself as her partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee, certain nothing else will do.
A little star loves the giant Mooncake she bakes with her mama in the sky, and though she's told to wait, she can't resist sneaking nibble after nibble.
A boy who loves stars decides to catch one for himself, trying a tall tree and a paper rocket ship before finding an answer in an unexpected place.
A curious fox named Marco joins a ship captained by a deer and crewed by pigeons, sailing off in search of a wondrous island and answers to his endless questions.
A young donkey finds a magic pebble that grants wishes, but a panicked wish during a scary encounter with a lion turns him into a rock — with no way to wish himself back.
When the first snowflakes fall, grown-ups like the postman, the farmer, and the policeman's wife hurry to prepare, while the children run outside to catch lacy snowflakes on their tongues.
A child, her mother, and her grandmother travel together across India to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, sharing meals and memories along the way to the end of the earth.
A determined sheep grabs his Super-Duper Treasure Seeker and hunts high, low, in, and out for the legendary Lost Treasure of Frogsbottom — until an old chest changes everything.
On a long subway ride, a boy studies strangers' faces and imagines their whole lives — until one guess turns out to be more complicated, and more familiar, than he expected.
A kitten spots the full moon and mistakes it for a bowl of milk, then sets off on a quest to reach it — a night that leaves her tired, wet, and hungry.
A young boy at Mission San Juan Capistrano listens to the bell ringer's tale of swallows returning each spring from South America, then plants his own garden hoping the birds will choose it.
A witch famous throughout Russia for eating children is secretly a lonely old woman who longs for a grandchild, so she disguises herself as a village babushka to find one.
