Tester, Sylvia Root

The months are introduced by monsters participating in seasonal activities.

An introduction to ghosts with several stories of ghost lore from around the world.

The Magic Monsters learn about rain, lightning, thunder, snow, hail, sleet, wind, tornadoes, clouds, fog, the sun, rainbows, and other elements of weather.

Brief text and illustrations introduce different spatial relationships such as over, under, around, and behind.

A child talks about how she feels when her pet dog dies and about other times when people are sad.

A group of children sees many different kinds of animals while on a class trip to the zoo.

Identifies characteristics of monsters and lists real and make believe monsters.

Introduces homonyms, words that sound the same but whose meaning and spelling is different.

Introduces synonyms, different words with similar meanings.

A child talks about how it feels to be frustrated and what she does about it.