Lois Ehlert

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

"Each turn of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi...At the end of the book, Ehlert provides a detailed glossary that includes pronunciation, botanical information, the origin and history of the particular plant and occasional mythological references, with a small watercolor picture to remind the reader of what the plant looks like." --publisher's website.

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

A collection of poems about a variety of birds and beasts, their camouflage and adornment, with an author's note on animal spots and stripes.

Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire, and others perform in a somewhat unusual circus.

A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

"Shapes and colors in your zoo, lots of things that you can do. Heads and ears, beaks and snouts, that's what animals are all about. I know animals and you do too; make some new ones for your zoo." --back cover

"Through rhyme and mixed-media collage illustrations, 'rain fish'--the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms--come to life"--Provided by publisher.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.