Schlein, Miriam

When Little Raccoon asks his mother when she loves him the most, she finally answers "always right now.".

An introduction to the geography and animal life of the southernmost continent, 95 percent of whose surface is covered with ice.

Explores the reasons, including food, nesting places, mates, rank, and territory, why animals display aggressive behavior and fight with other animals like themselves.

An old man makes the other villagers very nervous by constantly predicting dire happenings. They decide to get even.

A little cat tries to figure out why his mother loves him even when he is naughty, and if she loves him at other times because he is good.

Explains how pigeons, descendants of wild rock doves, live their lives, raise their young, and have been useful throughout history to people.

Rhyming text examines the basic shapes round and square and how they appear in things around us, concluding with the recognition that there are many other shapes in the world as well.

A little cat tries to figure out why his mother loves him even when he is naughty, and if she loves him at other times because he is good.

A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered and what the government is doing to save them.

A little girl's grandmother describes how the different people in her extended family waited for her to be born.