Chuck Groenink

Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.

"This is the story of great American poet William Carlos Williams and how being mindful can result in the creation of a great poem like 'The Red Wheelbarrow'"--

A lonely hedgehog sets out on an adventure to find friendship.

When Luca arrives in a city, the dogs tell him he is a fox and not welcome in their park, so he sets out to discover which he is, dog or fox.

Jim wakes up hungry, just not for the pancakes his mother is fixing--so his imagination takes over, and he pictures himself as a lion checking out the possibilities for breakfast (including his mother).

Using sticky notes, an author tries to convince her publisher that her book is about figs, not pigs, but the wording, illustrations, and even recipes present pigs as growing on trees, and tasty with orange and ginger sauce.

"This picture book showcases the unique beauty of our one-and-only universe--its galaxies, stars, and planets--as well as our one-and-only Earth, and the precious life it contains"--