Elizabeth Coatsworth

In ancient Japan a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed.

A poem describes the journey of camels carrying the Wise Men to see the new-born baby Jesus.

The pond creatures gather under the willow tree to be fed crumbs.

A book of anecdotes, impressions and descriptions of Maine country life in the middle of the twentieth century, gathered and told by the owner of a Maine farm. Included are stories of sea captains, hermits and tramps about everyday life, special days, folklore and humor.

A fourteenth century Norwegian expedition to find the Greenlandcolony that has forsaken its home and religion travels as far asthe New World, where they find their countrymen have joined theMandan Indians.

Captured by pirates while sailing from Maine to Genoa in the years following the American Revolution, Sally and Andrew plan their escape after being sold to the sultan of Morocco.