Margaret Wise Brown

"If you run away," said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny." A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its...

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West.

As the day comes to a close, various animals and a small child wind down their activities and go to sleep.

In brief rhyming text, lists all the types of insects the narrator likes.

As the sun rises, birds, horses, rabbits, flowers, bugs, and finally children get up to start their day.

A Bunny finds an egg with something moving inside of it, and when a baby duck pecks his way out of the egg, the two animals become friends.

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to many different things.

In brief rhyming text, lists all the types of fish the narrator likes.