A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Young readers will cheer at the happy outcome of this exciting tale. And they will long remember the heartening message of the tiny seed's steadfast perseverance in the face of many hazards and obstacles...

A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book.

Overview: Slowly, slowly, slowly ... that's how the sloth lives. He hangs upside-down from the branch of a tree, night and day, in the sun and in the rain, while the other animals of the rain forest rush past him. "Why are you so slow? Why are you so quiet? Why are you so lazy?" the others ask the sloth. And, after a long, long, long time, the sloth finally tells them! Set in the lush world of the tropical rain forest, this original picture book is...

Elephants! Hippos! Lions! Listen to the sounds these animals make, and make your own! No zoo ever had a happier, noisier bunch of residents. Includes read-along book. First published in 1991. "A thoroughly rowdy menagerie... a visually and aurally splashy work." -- Publishers Weekly

Guests at Little Frog's birthday party include the red fox, the purple butterfly, the orange cat, and other colorful animals. The illustrations are designed to demonstrate the concept of complementary colors.

"Do you want to be my friend?" asks a little mouse of a horse, a peacock, an alligator, and others, as it searches everywhere for a friend.

Readers can see how a clock's hour hand and minute hand work together by following the directions given by the scarecrow.