'There's nothing quite like a picture book for concise truths that reverberate with readers of all ages. Who hasn't, at the end of a class-reading of a new addition to a school or public library, experienced the call for 'more': 'more' of the story, 'more' of a collective sharing of a narrative, 'more' ways of 'seeing' the literary character lift stories to a new level.' (Editor's Comments, Introduction)