George Shannon

It's easy to take a cookie out of the cookie jar: just reach in. But how does it get in there in the first place? It's more complicated than you might think. Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane, everyone has a special job to do to make that cookie possible. In “Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar?”, George Shannon and Julie Paschkis take us on a delicious cookie journey, showing how many hands work together so...

Snow is coming, coming soon, so Rabbit needs to find food fast. Just in time, a turnip turns up, and a second one, too. Who in the woods wouldn't want to tuck away an extra turnip for the long winter? Not Rabbit. He chooses a different path—and starts a wave of generosity that spreads among all his forest friends. Admired picture-book team George Shannon and Laura Dronzek have created a heartwarming tale about the true meaning of friendship....

Three tales follow the misadventures of the Wise Acres farm animals as they try to help one another find a cow's lost tambourine, send letters to a lonely ram, and comfort a turkey who is worried about getting wrinkles.

Little witch Cordelia loves to spell, but can she beat the long-time champion in the Witchy Spelling Bee?

A collection of short poems and riddles about planting seeds, watching garden vegetables dance, and growing jack-o-lanterns.

Woodland animals, each thinking of his neighbor, share a turnip left on their doorstep.

A group of frogs enjoys dancing in the rain so much that they seem not to notice a snake sneaking up on them.