Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal!
No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
"Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the wonder...

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Each member of the militia has a special task in preparing and loading the cannon, but the most exciting job of all goes to Drummer Hoff who fires it off.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

Briefly describes the value of a tree.

Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.