Bill Martin

In a rhythmic alphabet chant, all the letters race one another up the coconut tree.

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.

The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations.

In this rhyming story, children describe the sights and sounds of riding on the merry-go-round.

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a spirit that lives in a bottle.

Chicken Chuck the rooster, who has set himself up as boss of the barnyard by virtue of the special blue feather in the middle of his forehead, finds his authority undermined by a circus horse with two blue feathers.

Lyrical text and color photographs celebrate nature's colors, climates, and seasons. Texto lírico y fotografías en colores celebran las colores, los climas y las estaciones de la naturaleza.

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...

Roy Clark reads the featured book Barn dance about a magical time when animals hold a hoedown in the barn. Host LeVar Burton goes to an old-fashioned barn dance, learns how a fiddle is made and learns something about clogging. The reviewed books are The old banjo by Dennis Haseley, I like the music by Leah Komaiko, and Half a moon and one whole star by Crescent Dragonwagon.