Joan makes a surprise for her little brother, Ben, but in the end, she is the one who is surprised.
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An alphabet book in which each letter becomes three different objects as the book is turned different directions, as when A becomes a bird's beak, a drippy ice cream cone, and the point of a star.
Zinnia and Dot, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly about who lays better eggs, put aside their differences to protect a prime specimen from a marauding weasel.
A young girl enjoys building sandcastles, splashing in the sea, and making a new friend during an afternoon at the beach.
The Gingerbread Girl, who once escaped the fox that devoured her brother, must now try to save from a similar fate the animal crackers she received as a birthday gift.
Thirty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience.
Before she hatches from her egg, a baby chick takes quite a trip around the farm--with her mother and other animals in pursuit.
Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling's fate.
An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.
Three unusual fairies help a lazy girl try to attain a life of luxury and ease as the prince's wife.
Asks simple questions about familiar domestic and wild animals, with the answers at the end.
In the style of a classic cumulative rhyme, the children undo all of Dad's hard work cleaning the family car.
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club.
The sun announces to the earth that spring has arrived, the earth wakes the earthworm who then starts an awakening process all through the natural world ending with a family waking to join in the celebration of spring.
With the help of cooperative and hungry rabbits, jealous Mr. Grubbs sabotages the prize-winning garden of his neighbor Miss Penny.
The disasters caused by Walter's wagging tail make him and his owner unwelcome in town until Walter wags an heroic rescue.
When Beth the pig's favorite boots become too small, her friends help her find the perfect new pair.
During the "Great Depression," a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.