Denise Fleming

When Bear notices that winter is nearly here he hurries to tell Snail, after which each animal tells another until finally the already sleeping Bear is awakened in his den with the news.

Children can guess what fruit or vegetable comes next as the voracious rodent munches his way through yellow corn, green peas, orange carrots, and the rest of the colors.

Simple rhymes describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Halloween.

A mouse works his way through the alphabet as he folds the "F," measures the "M," and rolls the "R."

The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.

When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.

Babies introduce the ABC's, 1-2-3, rhymes, body parts, seasons and more in a collection of dyed-pulp paintings by Denise Fleming.

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal the great variety of beetles and their swirling, humming, crashing activities.

Pulp paintings and rhyming text spotlight the underground world of burrowing, tunneling, and digging animals. Includes "Creature Indentification" page.

Mouse invites the reader to shout out what he or she knows as they review numbers, letters, and easy words.