Brown, Marcia

Originally pub. : Scribner, 1966. In this Hawaiian legend a brave young boy endeavors to restore his exiled father to his postion as royal guardian and personal attendant to the king.

Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

The proud tiger does not want to be reminded that he was once a humble mouse before the old hermit used magic to make him bigger.

Pairs of words, such as "All Butterflies," "Cat Dance," and "Elephants Fly," are set against illustrative woodcuts.

Text and photographs present ways to experience the world through the sense of touch.

Text and photographs encourage the reader to carefully observe his surroundings.

Introduces such shapes as the circle, square, and crescent and demonstrates the many shapes found in nature.

The bun gets away from the old man and his wife, the hare, the wolf, and the bear, but the cunning fox poses a different problem.