Leo Politi

Pictures and text tell of the Friendship between the boy Juan and Julian, the old bellringer and gardener of the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Julian tells the boy of the coming of the swallows in the spring and their departure in late summer. During the winer Juan makes a small garden in front of his house for the swallows. When the swallows return the children celebrate with games, singing, dancing and little plays and Julian rings the bell. ...

Juanita receives a dove for her fourth birthday and takes him to the Old Mission Church for the blessing of the animals.

A little girl visits the butterfly trees near her home on the Monterey Peninsula, where the monarch butterflies spend the winter, and learns about past and present butterfly celebrations in California.

Full page illustrations of children playing outdoors in field and forest accompany the words and music of a well-known children's hymn.

Lorenzo, a cookie-loving parrot who lives in Mexico, gets into lots of trouble trying to help his human family.