Lois Ehlert

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup. On board pages.

Overview: 1 told 2 and 2 told 3, "I'll race you to the top of the apple tree." One hundred and one numbers climb the apple tree in this bright, rollicking, joyous book for young children. As the numerals pile up and bumblebees threaten, what's the number that saves the day? (Hint: It rhymes with "hero.") Read and count and play and laugh to learn the surprising answer. Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming...

Exploration of the natural world reveals barn angels, a butterfly angel, a sea angel, and other marvelous creatures.

A distant marching band grows larger and louder as it nears, and then softer and smaller as it goes away again.

In a rhythmic chant, all the letters of the alphabet race one another up a coconut tree. On board pages.

The curious Garden: Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city. The lion and the mouse: an adventuresome mouse proves that even a small creature is capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle. Fletcher and the falling leaves:When his favorite tree begins to lose its leaves, Fletcher the fox worries that it is sick, but instead a magical sight is in store for him. Planting a rainbow:...

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...