Mary Murphy

"This lively split-page-format book shows how animals say hello with different sounds." --

The Alphabet Keeper keeps all the letters caged in the dark, but one day they escape and use clever word play to outwit the keeper.

A little penguin shares his favorite things with the one he loves most, his mother.

Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.

In rhyming text, baby animals and their parents wish each other good night.

A little dog and his friends enjoy different activities for each season of the year.

A little penguin finds that everything, from weather to water to feelings, can often change.

Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...

A cat tries to run away from a rain cloud, but when the rain comes she finds that it is cool, tickly, gentle, clean, and lovely.