Harriet Ziefert

Illustrations and spare text take the reader on a journey in perspective that follows a rocket's travels from a child's bedroom to outer space and home again, emphasizing such concepts as near and far, above and below, middle, front, and back.

The classic tale of the hen who has no one to help her grow, harvest, and mill the wheat, but several who want to eat the fruit of her labors.

One of an old man's turnips grows to such an enormous size that he needs the help of his wife, a little girl, a dog, a cat, and a mouse to pull it up.

Discusses the abilities and habits of a variety of animals, including the polar bear, bat, and honeybee.

Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce rhyming word families ending in "ack," "ick," and "ock."

A young boys gets a new winter coat, boots, gloves and a hat and the waits eagerly for it to snow.

Text and illustrations, including xrays, provide a guided tour of the human skeleton, encouraging the reader to find and feel each bone as it is described.

Jeffrey loves to watch television, but when the TV breaks, he has to find something else to do with his time.

Introduces the concepts of big and small, comparing such things as people and elephants, rabbits and mice, and skyscrapers and airplanes.

Because both Rabbit and Hare insist on having the larger piece of mushroom, they lose the whole thing to a sly skunk but learn an important lesson in the process.