Gelman, Rita Golden

Presents four easy-to-read animal stories to help beginning readers develop reading and vocabulary skills.

A girl tries to convince a grumpy cat to wear a variety of hats, including a fire hat, a monkey hat, and a cowboy hat.

Instructions for making 11 different boats from common items. When finished, each boat will float.

Two children are joined by a funny man who builds the biggest sandwich in the world.

A lonely mole's animal friends find his hole too dark and small for them, but in Ms. Mole he meets the perfect companion to share his life. Features rebuses throughout the text.

Text and illustrations demonstrate the importance of rice to life on the island of Bali in the country of Indonesia, where rice is consumed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

A surprise gift turns out to be quite a problem.

Text and photographs explore the vast array of unusual creatures still to be found in the Galapagos Islands.

Illustrations and brief text depict twelve giant sea creatures, some prehistoric and some modern.

Introduces children to their bodies' natural defense mechanisms, including skin, mucus, earwax, stomach acid, the immune system, and the brain.