Granny Smith wants to bake an apple pie, but she doesn't have any apples. So off she goes with a basketful of plums in hopes that she can make a trade. Granny swaps plums for feathers, feathers for flowers, flowers for a gold coin, a gold coin for a puppy, and a puppy for what she hoped to find in the first place-apples! Then she bakes a delicious apple pie for everyone she has met along the way. Based on an English folktale, each spread is meticulously illustrated in bas-relief made from baked clay, hand-sewn clothing, and mixed media. Author and Illustrator notes and an apple pie recipe are also included.

Three chicks are fast asleep until a strange sound wakes them up. The bird family investigates the noise - and discovers a newly hatched family member to welcome! Illustrated in touchably soft 3-D collage art, with tough card pages and just a handful of easy rhyming words to follow, this is the ideal book for even the very youngest of children.