Douglas is the youngest, smallest, and newest student in his second-grade class, and he doesn’t like reading. He doesn’t like sitting still. And he doesn’t like Miss Little, especially when she makes him stay after class day after day, forcing him to sound out lines and blobs and squiggles when he’d rather be throwing a football. Luckily Douglas likes the pictures in the book Miss Little has chosen for him, pictures that remind him of the lake his family visits every summer. Award-winning author Douglas Wood — the boy in the story — alludes to scenes from The Little Island, the first book that enticed him to read, in a tale that will resonate with many children with ADHD. It is also a heartwarming ode to a special teacher whose gentle persistence changed one little boy’s life forever.
--Candlewick 2009
Ages 5-8
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The willow murmurs ``She is a great tree...always growing, always giving.'' while the antelope insists she is a runner, swift and free."

Read this beautiful book to find out what the debate is all about.

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A place that's far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life -- a place that isn't ringing or talking or roaring or blaring or playing. But sometimes that place isn't easy to find.

You could look under a bush in your own backyard, where the world seems far away...and you could be a pirate on a desert island.

Or you could sit on an old stump in the woods amidst the glittering sunlight and mossy shadows and be a timber wolf.

You could look by the sea or in the desert or in a cool dark cave, but if none of these places are right, you could come home and discover another quiet place.

Perhaps the very best quiet place of all -- the one that's inside of you.

In poetic and gently philosophical prose, acclaimed author Douglas Wood explores what it's like to find that special place where we all can think our own thoughts and feel our own feelings.

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Also by Douglas Wood:
The Secret of Saying Thanks (2005) Perhaps you'd like to know a secret, one of the happiest ones of all. You will surely find it for yourself one day.
You'll discover it all on your own, maybe when you least expect it. If you've not yet discovered the secret of saying thanks, it's waiting for you. The secret can be found in the sunrise that offers promises full for the day ahead, or in the gentle shade of a tree sheltering you from the hot rays of the sun, or on the rock that offers rest from a long walk.
In the inspirational text that made him a bestselling, internationally acclaimed author, Douglas Wood offers a spiritual homage to nature and the world. Greg Shed's stunning portraits of the natural world tenderly portray all of the many ways in which we can say thanks for the wonders we sometimes take granted in life.

Aunt Mary's Rose - true story of a family linked through time by the tending of a beloved rosebush.