Eric Carle

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

A simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by fourteen animals along the way.

A little cloud becomes all sorts of things--sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat--before joining other clouds and raining.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself, goes to sleep, and awakens as a beautiful, colorful butterfly.

A mouse searches everywhere for a friend.

Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.

An artist's drawing of a star begins the creation of an entire universe around him as each successive pictured object requests that he draw more.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.

Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them. This personal collection will inspire readers to create favorite-color drawings and stories of their own.

A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. He keeps flying toward anything that was shining a light, but got disappointed over and over again, until one night as he was flashing his light, other lights flashed back at him. The lights this time were other fireflies just like himself. At last he felt at home and he wasn't lonely anymore.