Lois Ehlert

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die- cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.

Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.

It s summer in the city, and a rascally squirrel is up to all sorts of tricks. He digs and eats and zips and hides, but when he sneaks inside an apartment window, it s time for a nutty solution to get him out. Labels identify plants, birds, and insects on each page, and a glossary at the back of the book offers factual details about squirrels. The simple, spirited plot, lively verse, and stunning double-page spreads will make Nuts to You! a storytime...

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

Short, easy to read rhymes reveal what is unique about various animals, from ape to wolf.

Simple text and brilliantly colored cut-paper illustrations take children into a big top of circus excitement starring leaping lizards, marching snakes, whistling parrots, and the tumbling Zucchini Brothers.