Harriet Ziefert

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?

Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a big city park, wants to be first! But on today's adventure, Really Bird discovers that being a leader is about more than being first in line.

Because both Rabbit and Hare insist on having the larger piece of mushroom, they lose the whole thing to a sly skunk but learn an important lesson in the process.

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

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

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

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"--

Describes the preparations for Passover and the traditional celebrations, including saying the Kiddush, setting the seder plate, and eating matzo, and explains the religious and historical significance behind each tradition.