Falwell, Cathryn

A shy African American boy arriving at a new school makes friends with his classmates by drawing a picture of a tree.

Kiri, a Japanese American girl who loves to draw and paint, tries to use the origami set she received for her birthday. Includes instructions for making an origami butterfly.

Six silent turtles sit still as stones on a log, as energetic movement by the other animals in the pond happens all around them.

Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal.