Helen Ward

An old man's persistent dreams transform a garbage dump into a forest full of life.

The wise men were not the only ones who gave gifts to the newborn Jesus. From the smallest bee, who gives beeswax to light the darkness, to the gentlest donkey, who carries Mary to Bethlehem, the creatures each use their own special qualities to protect, shelter, warm, and calm the precious baby. Ward's (The Tin Forest, below, etc.) inspiration was the traditional French carol 'The Friendly Beasts,' the words of which can be found on the final page....

A retelling of Aesop's well-known fable in which a country mouse visits a town mouse and they find they prefer very different ways of life. Set in 1930s New York at Christmas.

George, ignored and overlooked, begins seeing dragons everywhere and soon comes to a decision that he alone must lead them back to their wilderness home.

An illustrated adaptation of twelve animal fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt-and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of...

Presents information on ancient Egypt in the form of a journal of a young woman who went missing on a trip to search for the tomb of the god Osiris in 1926.