Bill Martin

Kitty Cat has a great day at school, where he sings, reads, counts, plays, has a treat, takes a nap, shows off his little bell, and paints.

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.

A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree. In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Ehlert's rainbow of bright, bold, cheerful colors makes the merry parade of...

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...

Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.

Describes the changing sounds of the rain, the slow soft sprinkle, the drip-drop tinkle, the sounding pounding roaring rain, and the fresh wet silent after-time of rain.

Pictures accompany a brief rhyming story describing the antics and sound of a violinist's recital.

Little monkey will not get out of bed, so the doctor prescribes some exercise, and monkey learns to dance.

Lists in verse the most obvious quality of any kind of weather or human condition: "When it's cold, it's cold./ ... When you're old, you're old."

Illustrations and rhyming text follow ten caterpillars as one wriggles up a flower stem, another sails across a garden pool, and one reaches an apple leaf, where something amazing happens.