Gutman, Anne

In this book with simple text, animal mothers--and human mothers--show their love by keeping their babies close beside them wherever they go.

A young dog is very unhappy about the arrival of her new baby sister.

Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle where her uncle raises panthers and leopards.

When Lisa gets lost while visiting her uncle in New York City, she is saved by her own cleverness and a Statue of Liberty nightlight.

Gaspard goes to summer camp at the beach in the hope of learning to windsurf, but soon discovers that he must first learn to swim.

Gaspard and Lisa run into problems when they make a Christmas gift for their teacher.

While on a school field trip to the natural history museum, Gaspard and Lisa have an exciting adventure in the dinosaur room.

Gaspard is taken to the hospital for an operation after he swallows his new race car key chain.

Lisa takes an exciting airplane ride all by herself from Paris to New York.

While on vacation with his family in Venice, Gaspard gets tired of visiting museums, so he takes off by himself for a boating adventure on the canals.