Eric Carle

"A lonely firefly is looking for other fireflies. It flies toward a light. Will the firefly find its friends?"--back cover.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly.

A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.

Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them.

"'Ducks overboard!' shouts the captain, as a giant wave washes a box of 10 little rubber ducks off his cargo ship and into the sea. One drifts west, where a friendly dolphin jumps over it. A whale sings to another. But as the sun sets, the 10th little rubber duck is left all alone, bobbing helplessly on the big wide sea. Following the little ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, young explorers can see for themselves the meanings of directional...

Monica's father fulfills her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size. Some pages fold out to display particularly large pictures.

"A little boy goes all around the world to find his lost cat. along the way he meets lots of people and sees many other cats, including lions and tigers and panthers. But where is his cat?" --back cover

Collects three stories by picture book author/illustrator Eric Carle, including "The Tiny Seed," a tale of the life cycle of a flower; "Pancakes, Pancakes!" in which a mother gathers ingredients to make a pancake for her hungry, impatient son; and "Walter the Baker," in which Walter offends the Duke and Duchess by serving them sweet rolls made with water instead of milk, and must atone by creating a roll through which the rising sun can shine three...

When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.

"What a good father Mr. Seahorse is! And he's not the only one... As he floats through the sea, Mr. Seahorse finds several other kinds of fish fathers caring for their eggs and babies in the most surprising ways. Mr. Tilapia, for instance, keeps his eggs safe in his mouth until they hatch, while Mr. Kurtus sticks his on top of his head. Sharp-eyed viewers...will also smile to see Mr. Seahorse pass right by a scary lionfish and other camouflaged creatures."--book...