George Shannon

A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.

Bear tries repeatedly to learn Lizard's song.

When a mean dog blocks the path to the garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is.

"George Shannon and Julie Paschkis take us on a delicious cookie journey, showing how many hands work together so that one hand can take the cookie out-- and so that you can take a huge yummy bite!"--Jacket p. [2]

Encourages the reader to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing their colors in a new way.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal that hands, as they carry out ordinary tasks, are also showing love.

When Snake starts sleeping on the rock where Lizard lives, Lizard must figure out how to get his home back.

Fourteen brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.

Presents a collection of eighteen brief folktales in which the reader is asked to explain how the folk character lied and told the truth at the same time.