A tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters.

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

"The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format"--Page 4 of cover.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal a parent's musings about what a child will become, knowing that the child's kindness, cleverness, and boldness will shine through no matter what, as will the love they share.

Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy," with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.

A group of mice have some problems when they put on a play to commemorate the first Thanksgiving, but everything works out all right in the end.

A boy imagines what it would be like if he had such things as duck feet, a whale spout, and an elephant's trunk.

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to his bedroom, and all of his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens, in a bigger version of the enduring classic. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room, to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and...

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a bear that would rather play with his underwear than put it on and get ready for bed.