Margaret Wise Brown

A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West.

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to many different things.

Simple rhymes and quilt-like paintings illustrate bedtime scenes for each letter of the alphabet.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

Unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, four children creep downstairs to see the tree, their stockings, their wrapped gifts, and to hear the singing of the carolers.

Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone.

Sneakers the cat visits the sea for the first time, where he chases butterflies, listens to seashells, and plays with crabs.

In rhyming verse, various animals tell where they have been.

Pussycat knows Christmas is coming, plays in the snow, and watches the Christmas preparations.