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A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home.

Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants "when winter comes and the cold wind blows."

Mama Bunny tries to bathe her energetic toddler.

A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still.

A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.

A young Quechuan boy sets out on his own to bring the rains back to his parched homeland and is rewarded by a gift of carob beans that come to be prized across Argentina.

A retelling of the Blackfoot legend about the ritual performed before the buffalo hunt.

Moose helps his little animal friends in many ways during the four seasons.

Cumulative verses follow an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, mouse, and other creatures before returning to its rightful owner.

A cumulative tale in verse about a mysterious stranger that interrupts a family's daily routine.

Little Fish loses his mother in an African pond and searches everywhere for her, seeing all kinds of animals in the process.

Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers.

A collection of Native American tales and verse organized by regions of North America.

When a bouncy baby's buggy goes whooshing down a hill, he is in for quite a ride as an assortment of people give chase.

Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

When the weather changes and the ever-falling snow threatens to engulf all the animals, it is Crow who flies up to receive the gift of fire from the Great Sky Spirit.

Family members go to great lengths to rid their child of head lice.

A retelling of the Chibcha Indian legend about how the treasure of El Dorado came to be.

Young Julia comes to terms with the changes in her beloved grandmother, whose Alzheimer's Disease makes it hard for her to remember people and things.

A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is found.