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A simple explanation of how horses are beautiful and useful animals.

A very cosmopolitan musical troupe is formed over the course of a week as animal after animal shows up at a country house, playing a variety of instruments.

A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.

The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.

As a little bunny says goodnight to many familiar objects, the illustrations are progressively darker.

What makes a bird a unique creature is not singing or flying, nest-building or egg-laying, but having something no other animal has--feathers.

Various types of animal homes are highlighted, from birds in the air to animals that live underground. Discover why each home is unique, what it is made out of, and why each animal builds that particular type of dwelling.

An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place.