Kate Banks

Alex wants to be a "night worker" like his father, who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed.

A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness

"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures - salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...