Mem Fox

"A star falls to earth where it becomes a baby and is embraced and cared for by the community"--

Siblings Bonnie and Ben impress Skinny Doug with their ability to recite nursery rhymes.--

Nellie Belle, a puppy, has fun from morning to night.

Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

"A call-and-response-style adventure in which a cat and dog are astonished to find a mouse in their house! The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics--and sometimes doesn't"--