It's nighttime in the rainforest, and when Mama tells young Faly to shut his eyes, he objects. "Only if Mahandry sleeps, too," he tells his mother. "But I am bigger than you, Faly," answers the older lemur brother. "I am allowed to go to bed later." Thus begins a spirited back-an...
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Illustrations and simple text portray a father's love for his child, whether they are animals, birds, or humans. Introduces the popular names of various baby animals.
A young dog is very unhappy about the arrival of her new baby sister.
The Work of Her Hands is Plynn Gutman's effort to capture the stories of her grandmother's life and to recreate a way of life that has all but vanished from our memories. Marie Anne Lacaille would have said she was an ordinary woman, but to her granddaughter and her family, she w...
Describes how mothers love their babies, and uses various animal babies to demonstrate the numbers one to ten.
In this book with simple text, animal mothers--and human mothers--show their love by keeping their babies close beside them wherever they go.
A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.
Gaspard and Lisa run into problems when they make a Christmas gift for their teacher.
One rainy day, two young friends search in vain for something to do that won't upset their parents or grandmother.
Gaspard and Lisa wake up and get ready for school. At school they do many different things.
Lisa travels on an airplane by herself to visit her uncle in New York.
Explains in detail how to care for hamsters, guinea pigs, and rabbits by providing an environment and diet similar to the ones they would enjoy in nature.
Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle where her uncle raises panthers and leopards.
Questions and answers explain why cats knead with their claws, what a cat's twitching tail means, and other mysteries of the feline world.
Gaspard is taken to the hospital for an operation after he swallows his new race car key chain.
Provides information about the physical and psychological needs of dogs, as well as about how to choose and care for them as pets.