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A playground rap that introduces young readers to how people are different yet the same.

Describes the sights, sounds, and sensations of the coming of night to the countryside.

Presents a short children's counting book for early readers that describes a number of wacky animals.

An alphabet story in verse about a Latino boy and his remarkable teacher who can teach an astronaut how to float in space and instruct a ballet dancer how to land with grace.

Introduces the numbers one through ten while describing the people and machinery involved in fixing a hole in the road.

Children drawing animals on the ground at the park compete to see who has the most impressive one, from a fish with one fin to a horse with ten heads.

Ten babies sleeping in a crib are taken out, one by one, to play with zoo animals.

A farmer and family watch as a thunderstorm sweeps into the valley, surrounds them, and then rushes off again.

Describes the plum-purple sky, yew-green hills, silver strands of moonlight, and other colorful things which provide the setting for the birth of a black baby Jesus.

A collection of paintings and memoirs by the American folk artist describing the seasons and their related activities in rural upstate New York.