Lobel, Arnold

Describes in verse such unusual birds as the shuttercluck, the milkbottle midge, the waterglass goose, and the highbutton bobolink.

A collection of thirty-three nursery rhymes about lesser-known but colorful ladies and gentlemen.

Presents a collection of silly rhymes about frogs and toads.

Finding the appearance of New Amsterdam a total disgrace, Peter Stuyvesant begins issuing no-nonsense proclamations to rectify the situation.

An illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep" and "Little Boy Blue" and less familiar ones such as "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester" and "When clouds appear like rocks and towers.".

A variety of flowers grows near the hollyhocks that give shade to the bee that sleeps on the only rose in a garden.

The reader turns the book upside down to see what happens when a fierce wind blows through a country town one afternoon, affecting many different people and animals out enjoying the summer air.

Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.

A collection of short humorous poems in the nursery rhyme tradition.

Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.