Ruth Krauss

Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded. Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

In simple rhyming text, a child says goodnight to the things around her.

From Ruth Krauss, the celebrated children's book author of The Carrot Seed and A Hole Is to Dig, comes this never-before-published book of witty one-liners-brought to life by Geisel Honor-winning artist Sergio Ruzzier. Dance with a leaf. Jump like a raindrop. Sit in the sun and shine. Not since A Hole Is to Dig and Open House for Butterflies have we seen such electric and playful words on a page. This imaginative story from Ruth Krauss-one of the...

In the middle of the winter, different forest animals awake and run sniffing through the trees, to discover a single flower growing in the snow.

A little girl at play can fly like a bird, moo like a cow, and squirm like a worm.

Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

Having decided that it is backward day, a boy dresses himself first in his coat, last in his socks, and continues in that way with the cooperation of his family.

A boy describes how he would paint his house different colors, with a big picture on the outside wall, and all of his friends would live there with him.