Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

When Minna expresses an interest in stars, her mother suggests she invite a few friends to a star party, including a special dinner, a trip to the new Star Space at the Children's Museum, and star-gazing.

A collection of more than thirty poems, some by the compiler, others by Walter de la Mare, Russell Hoban, Frank Asch, Jane Taylor, and others.

When Minna has a school assignment to make a poster about recycling, her entire rabbit family spends the week practicing various kinds of recycling and suggesting ideas for her poster.

A little bear and her father trace the origins of honey from the jar all the way back to the bees that first produced it.

Grandpa Rabbit remembers what it was like to play in the snow with his brother.

Minna, Pip, Mom, and Dad choose a blue-sky day to visit the Butterfly Place where they observe all the stages in a butterfly's life, and get to see monarch butterflies in action.

When Buddy Bear and his mother go to the beach, she teaches him all about shells and mollusks. Includes facts about shells.

Minna's family pitches in to help her come up with the perfect project for the hundredth day of school, from twenty sets of five sticks to two sets of fifty pieces of pasta.

Members of a rabbit family visit an apple orchard, where they have fun picking and learning about apples. Includes a recipe for applesauce, a song, directions for a craft activity, and sayings about apples.

Buddy visits the local nature center to look at and find more rocks for his collection, and after he meets Roxie, a Rock Ridge ranger, Buddy learns about bedrock, erosion, and how rocks are formed.