Harriet Ziefert

When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.

Spectators wait to see what will come next as the watch the town's Fourth of July parade.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--

Grandma sews an environmentally friendly party dress for her granddaughter that can be recycled as she grows up.

Margery sends a valentine to her grandpa and then waits patiently to receive one.

Really Bird really wants to fly to the moon. So he and his friends Cat and Pup use the rocket in city park for the trip. It will take patience, teamwork, and imagination to make it all the way. Will Really Bird and his friends reach the Moon?

Grandmas are the greatest, and these are just a few of the reasons why. Count 41 super reasons in this book, then add some more that fit your grandma.

When Lucy is first adopted from a shelter she seems like the perfect puppy, but soon nothing can make her stop howling--not even a visit to a dog psychologist--until her new owner discovers that Lucy needs a stuffed friend.

"Clever word groupings list three alike things and one that it is different. For example, there are living rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms--but a mushroom is not a room! Picture clues will help kids figure out which "of these things is not like the other" and will begin to grasp the more fine-tuned nuances of word parts, roots, and meanings"--