Bryant-Mole, Karen

Illustrates location words such as inside, along, over, through, and below.

Text and pictures introduce a variety of antonyms such as transparent and opaque, shiny and dull, and hard and soft.

Suggests the right words for describing sizes and amounts, from "short" and "tall" to "deep" and "shallow.".

Illustrates words that describe actions and introduces words that relate to forces.

Describes why things float or sink and presents simple experiments to demonstrate the scientific principles involved.

Mortimer the bear shows how letters are put together to form words.

Mortimer the bear show lots of objects whose names end with letter pairs such as "st" or "nk".

Mortimer the bear show lots of objects whose names begin with letter pairs such as "tr" or "sk".

Mortimer the bear shows examples of words that rhyme and helps readers find rhyming pairs themselves.

Mortimer the bear shows an object for each letter of the alphabet.