Most Popular Books by Helen E. Buckley

This tender, full-color book reminds children of all ages that grandmothers are special people. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Everybody is in such a hurry these days - mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers. It seems as if the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers. With them there is always time to stop . . . and look . . . just as long as you like. Originally published in l961, this gentle story about the warm relationship between the oldest and the youngest members of the family is beautifully re-illustrated by Jan Ormerod to delight a whole new generation of readers.

No one except Grandmother seems to understand what it is to be the smallest in the family.

A little boy learns the importance of remembering others on their birthdays.

Going off to school, Edward tells his brother Tom to take care of things, so Tom takes care of the swings, bikes, toys, cat, and dog by treating them all as his brother would want them treated.

A little girl daydreams about the fun she and her father will have once she is well.

Michael overcomes his fear of the big slide when he helps a girl who is also afraid.

Buttercup is a bouncy, jouncy, pouncy dog whose favorite escapade is chasing butterflies.

The last three monks at a monastery have their lives enriched by the presence of children flying kites outside their walls.

Josie cannot get her cat and dog to go play in the snow with her, but her parents and brother will.

Book in rhyme stresses the importance of sisters, as experienced in early childhood.

If it were not for youngsters like Michael, teachers would know a great deal less about boys and girls, writes Helen E. Buckley of the Campus School, State University of New York, State Teachers College, Oswego, New York. It is the brash uncooperative child, the one completely lacking in group feeling, who teaches us to understand and accept all children and to discover better ways of working with them.

A little boy counts and eats a cracker a day to mark off the days until his parents come home - and then he's decides there's too many crackers!