Ruth Krauss

Despite the negativity of his family, a little boy continues to care for his carrot seed until it produces a carrot.

A bird hatches from its egg and learns to fly.

A little boy worries throughout the summer that he's not getting bigger, but at the end of the season he tries on his winter clothes and realizes that he has grown.

As a child hides beneath a blanket, Mother playfully wonders if the hidden bundle could be anything she needs.

A previously unpublished abecedarian by the author of A hole to dig and The carrot seed in which each letter is represented by a clear-cut command to child readers (butt like a billy goat, sit in the sun and shine).