Shannon, George

A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal that hands, as they carry out ordinary tasks, are also showing love.

When Turkey Tot and his friends spot some fat, juicy blackberries hanging high above their heads, Turkey Tot tries hard to figure out a way to reach them.

Rabbit's dancing saves his friends from becoming Fox's supper.

Bear tries repeatedly to learn Lizard's song.

An orphan with only a tin cup full of beans learns to survive with the help and advice of kindly people he meets.

Brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.

Bear, accustomed to getting what he wants, tries without success to learn Lizard's song.

Frogs enjoy such vigorous and joyful activities as stomping a sloppy plop step, flopping, tipping, jumping, and doing the boogie buggaloo.