Best Selling Books by Dennis Haseley

A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him.

Patrick has a lot of questions about why everything seems so difficult during the Great Depression. For starters, why does his father have to leave for weeks at a time to look for work? And what is it about the tramps down by the train tracks that makes his mother so sad? One day Patrick''s older brother, Roy, comes up with an amazing idea for a machine that will be able to answer any question -- -a machine that can actually think.

When his beloved is captured by Steel McSteal, a shy moose summons his courage and, with the help of an invisibility potion, sets off to rescue her in New York City.

A fierce pirate who tries to capture the moon learns that turnabout is fair play.

Set in a sun-baked Southwestern village, this highly atmospheric parable tells of a man named Ghost Catcher, who has no shadow. A loner, he refuses help from his friends and neighbors, but is always ready to offer his own unique ability to retrieve lost ones--a dog, a husband--before they reach the mysterious place where ghosts go.

Everyone in town loves Photographer Mole. He''s always ready with his camera on important occasions, and his fine photographs hang in every home. But Mole isn''t satisfied. Something is missing in his photos, and in his life. So he sets off in search of it . . . and returns with a joyful surprise for his friends.

A hardworking farmer and his son succumb to the enchantment of some very special musical instruments that have been abandoned on their farm.

In an attempt to break away from the demands of family and school, sixteen-year-old James, an aspiring artist, sets out to create a perfect $500 bill.

With one stealthy sweep of a town that has no children, the soap bandit undoes the citizens'' preoccupation with cleanliness during the summer that seven-year-old Jesse visits his aunt.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Leon Gambetta escapes from Paris in a balloon and organizes an army in the French countryside to fight against the Prussian invaders.

My Father Doesn''t Know about the Woods and Me is Dennis Haseley''s beautiful portrait of a young boy''s relationship with nature. As a child walks in the woods with his father, he seems to become like the many other animals in the forest, enjoying the glorious freedom of nature.

Upon discovering that he can enter paintings and speak with the people in them, a twelve-year-old boy sets out on a journey of discovery that ultimately leads to his own forgotten past.

En su paseo diario por el bosque, un joven oso encuentra un trozo de papel escrito junto a un seto. Aunque no puede leerlo, causa en él tal magnetismo y curiosidad que lo guarda como un tesoro. Algunos años más tarde durante el verano, dando un paseo, observa a una joven con la mirada puesta en un libro. Este espectáculo, que relaciona con el papel que todavía conserva, le empujará a acudir todos los días a oír su mágica voz, aun sin comprender nada, y a escuchar las historias que la joven lee todas los días sentada junto a su cabaña. Dennis Haseley escuchó de pequeño la voz mágica de su madre al contarle muchas historias y leerle novelas, incluso de adultos. Es autor de numerosos libros para niños. Vive en Nueva York con su familia. De pequeño, Jim LaMarche quería ser mago, aunque después estudió Biología hasta que descubrió su auténtica vocación: ilustrar libros para niños. · Un álbum sobre la magia de leer y escuchar historias. · La lectura a los niños como parte del vínculo afectivo padres-hijos. · La fascinación que producen los libros como objeto. · A partir de 6 años.

Children wake in the night and visit the unusual market where thieves sell their stolen goods.

Crosby thinks it will be a day like any other, until he finds a kita and a new friend that change his life forever. Full-color.

A father sends his magnificent kites soaring through the sky to express his feelings toward his restless son.

Un jour qu''il s''aventure loin de sa caverne, un ours découvre une jeune femme qui habite dans la forêt. Intrigué par l''étrange objet qu''elle tient entre ses mains, il s''approche tout doucement. C''est alors qu''elle commence à lui raconter une histoire.

Jamie''s lonely life with his aunt and uncle in rural West Virginia changes when Grandpa comes to visit and teaches him to make shadow pictures.