Lois Ehlert

A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.

On a cold, snowy night, all is quiet throughout the house except for a small, michievous mouse.

A collection of poems about animal camouflage and adornment.

A distant marching band grows larger and louder as it nears, and then softer and smaller as it goes away again.

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.

Illustrations and rhyming text follow ten caterpillars as one wriggles up a flower stem, another sails across a garden pool, and one reaches an apple leaf, where something amazing happens.

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...

Children learn about the the human skeleton. Other stories add to the collection.