Arnold Lobel

Describes in verse such unusual birds as the shuttercluck, the milkbottle midge, the waterglass goose, and the highbutton bobolink.

Meet ankylosaurus ("built like a tank"), meet brachiosaurus("who had little to do/ but stand with its head in the treetops and chew"). Meet twelve other mighty Mesozoic monsters who once filled the sea, land, and air. You won't forget a single one.

A child buys presents from A to Z in the shops along Market Street.

Five adventures of Oliver Pig with his family.

A young Indian boy, too young to join the older boys in part of the New Year celebration, celebrates his own way with his family.

Greg gets a microscope and has a fascinating time looking at sugar and salt crystals, thread, hairs, and cells.

A hat collector is having a very bad day until he meets his true love in the hat section of the department store.

A grasshopper sets out to follow a road, He meets some unusual characters.

Frog and Toad spend their days together, but find sometimes it's nice to be alone.

An illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep" and "Little Boy Blue" and less familiar ones such as "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester" and "When clouds appear like rocks and towers."