Ruth Krauss

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

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.

When his dog runs off with a boy's beloved teddy bear, the boy takes off in pursuit of the pair and finds himself entangled with several bears everywhere he goes.

A previously unpublished abecedarian by the author of A hole to dig and The carrot seed in which each letter is represented by a clear-cut command to child readers (butt like a billy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

In simple rhyming text, a child says goodnight to the things around her.