Zolotow, Charlotte

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I like to be little

A little girl, answering her mother's question about why she likes to be little, describes some of the special pleasures of being a child.

Over and over

A little girl and her mother observe the passage of the seasons as they celebrate the year's holidays, beginning with Christmas and ending after Thanksgiving with a birthday wish that the cycle begin all over again.

I want to be little

William's doll

1985
William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.

The moon was the best

1993
A mother visiting Paris brings back to her daughter all her best memories, of the beautiful fountains, the sparkling Seine, parks like paintings, and paintings like parks.

Mr. Rabbit and the lovely present

1977
Mr. Rabbit helps a little girl assemble a birthday present for her mother.

The poodle who barked at the wind

2002
A family's noisy little poodle barks at everything, disturbing the father, until the day everyone else goes out and the father and poodle are left alone together.

When the wind stops

1995
A mother explains to her son that in nature, an end is also a beginning as day gives way to night, winter ends and spring begins, and, after it stops falling, rain makes clouds for other storms.

The old dog

1995
When a young boy finds his old dog dead one morning, he spends the rest of the day thinking about all the good times they had together.

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