Brown, Margaret Wise

On a trip to the country, a little dog named Muffin encounters all kinds of new and puzzling sounds.

Everything goes to sleep at night; birds, fish, monkeys, sailboats, kangaroos, bees, and children.

A lonely bunny finds an egg. He tries to open it hoping something fantastic is inside.

A tiny kangaroo is born and moves into his mother's pouch where he grows big enough to be interested in the world around him long before he actually leaves her pouch to investigate further.

Simple rhyming text lists all the types of insects the narrator likes.

While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.

A big train and a little train travel from Kalamazoo to Timbuctoo.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe how a child grows from ages one through six.