Books like Wheedle on the Needle
By Stephen Cosgrove
For kids who notice the quiet corners of a busy city, this is a story about a creature who feels overwhelmed by noise and needs to find his own peaceful perch above it all. Gentle, wistful, rooted in a real and recognizable Pacific Northwest landscape.
A gentle tour of homes of every kind — a house in the country, an apartment in the city, a shoe, a boat on the sea, even a home in myth or in an artist's own studio.
A gentle look at all the reasons trees are good to have around — for climbing, for shade, for leaf piles to roll in, and for birds to build nests in.
Five toy friends sit on a windowsill, each waiting for something to happen — the owl for the moon, the pig for the rain, the bear for the wind, the puppy for the snow — while the rabbit just likes to wait.
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 curious kitten visits a little island alone in the wide ocean, watching seasons turn, storms roll in, and day fade to night, learning what makes the island part of everything else.
A year moves through spring, summer, autumn, and winter as each season is felt through its colors — red singing from treetops, blue dancing on summer lakes, green waiting quietly in winter trees.
A small island in the sea moves through the changing seasons, day turning to night and a storm rolling in, as its plants and creatures live out the rhythm of the year.
A child looks closely at a single flower, using every sense to explore its color, its scent, its texture — and discovers a whole universe unfolding from one small bloom.
A farm boy obsessed with snow teaches himself to photograph snowflakes under a microscope, spending decades proving that no two are ever alike.
Two kids leave their paved, noisy neighborhood on an adventure through woods and fields, searching for wildness — and discovering it lives in bark, storms, flowers, and fruit, not just far away.
A curious cat named Sneakers explores the seaside for the first time, meeting a mischievous crab, playful shrimp, and a shell that echoes with the sound of the ocean.
A collection of poems follows a pond through the seasons, from spring thaw to autumn chill, giving voice to water boatmen, painted turtles, diving beetles, and duckweed along the way.
