Kenard Pak

In simple text, a young boy watches how nature changes from winter into spring.

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--

"This poetic picture book asks the question: what do little animals dream? The surprising answers lend an eye and ear to the nocturnal rhythms of the forest"--

In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.

On a hot summer night a little girl wakes up, and wonders what has woken her, and the rest of the nighttime world.

Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.

In this unusual text, young listeners and readers follow a group of diverse kids trying to make sense of the world as they see it.

Maud's weekends with her grandmother include matching nightgowns, breakfast for supper, old movies, special surprises, and dreams of becoming Grand-Maud herself, one day.

Woodpecker calls from a tree, "cuk-cuk-cuk." Starling sings, "whistle-ee-wee." But have you heard the nesting bird? In this book, we hear all the different bird calls in counterpoint to the pervasive quiet of a mama bird waiting for her eggs to hatch. Fun and informative back matter takes the shape of an interview so that readers learn more right from the bird's bill. Ken Pak's lively illustrations, paired with Rita Gray's words, render a visual and...