Ehlert, Lois

An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.

Author and illustrator of books for young people, Lois Ehlert, shares how she interweaves her creative process with her daily routine.

The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

A squirrel sneaks into a city apartment and a young child tries to come up with a solution that will help the squirrel find its way back outside.

What creeps, leaps, wiggles, or sings, swims, blooms, or flies with wings? What in the world do you see?.

Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire, and others perform in a somewhat unusual circus.

When a child works alongside her parents doing carpentry, sewing, and gardening, she thinks of being an artist as well when she grows up.

Describes some of the many things in the natural world--such as worms, seashells, flowers, and stars--that a child can appreciate.

The disappearance of the seeds left out for the birds heralds a new snow fall, allowing a group of children to use up the stuff they have been saving to create a snow family. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.