Lisa Campbell Ernst

Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling's fate.

Joan makes a surprise for her little brother, Ben, but in the end, she is the one who is surprised.

Ernst delves into how common household objects--such as soap, scissors, and house keys--work. The detailed, but easy-to-understand, language describes the functioning of everyday items, and Ernst's meticulous and cleverly labeled pictures are fascinating. Illustrations.

The sun announces to the earth that spring has arrived, the earth wakes the earthworm who then starts an awakening process all through the natural world ending with a family waking to join in the celebration of spring.

In the style of a classic cumulative rhyme, the children undo all of Dad's hard work cleaning the family car.

"Learn about everything in your backyard from birds to butterflies and wagons to wheels"--P. [4] of cover.

Before she hatches from her egg, a baby chick takes quite a trip around the farm--with her mother and other animals in pursuit.