stories in rhyme

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The digging-est dog

1967
Scorned by his new dog friends because he never learned to dig, Sam suddenly discovers his inherent dog talent and turns the countryside into a series of ruts and holes.

There's a cow in the road!

1993
A girl preparing for school is surprised by the number of barnyard animals gathering in the road outside.

This is the bread I baked for Ned

1989
In this story told in cumulative verse, Glenda prepares a delicious meal for Ned which is quickly devoured by several hungry guests.

The vegetables go to bed

1994
The tomatoes, carrots, spinach plants, and other vegetables in the garden prepare to go to bed, each one in its own fashion.

Moon jump

a cowntdowm
1993
Rhyming text counts down as cows from ten to one try various methods to win the first ever Moon Jump Contest.

Kiana's Iditarod

1984
A story about Alaska's 1,049 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome through the eyes of the lead dog Kiana.

Listen to the rain

1988
Describes the changing sounds of the rain, the slow soft sprinkle, the drip-drop tinkle, the sounding pounding roaring rain, and the fresh wet silent after-time of rain.

The foolish tortoise

The greedy python
1985
In two stories bound together back to back, a tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters and a greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.

Suppose you met a witch

1973
Relates in verse how Roland and Miranda handled the situation when they were trapped in a sack by a witch.

What do you see?

1974
Several animals describe the world from their point of view, and the lark, flying above, sees that they are all partially correct.

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