A rookie reader

A simple description of the different kinds of houses found in all of the world's regions.

A child's lost cat turns up accompanied by four new kittens.

Simple text and illustrations follow a child's progress from home to school and back again.

Simple text and illustrations of a variety of insects introduce the numbers one through five.

Sometimes things change from what they were at first: a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, a trickle becomes a river, a word becomes a story, a stranger becomes a friend, and a baby becomes you.

Two children travel with their mom and dad to their grandmother's house for the holidays, noting the differences between how they get there and the lyrics to the familiar song their mother sings.

A child relates how he and his best friend, who is in a wheelchair, are both alike and different.

Messy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.