specimens

While Ruby plans a Fourth of July doll picnic, Max sends letters to Santa to ask for "a bright red Sand-Spitter Motorcycle with Bigfoot tires," but the letters are delivered to his grandmother, instead, and she must try to decipher the pictures. Includes lift-up flaps.

Describes how different people react to days of rain and days of hot sun.

Young Sophie discovers a magical, hidden garden on a summer's day.

Illustrations with transparent overlays and brief text present information about the physical characteristics and habits of honeybees.

Presents, in rhymed text and illustrations (some of them on fold-out pages), a gallery of dragons and other mythical creatures.

Text and pop-up illustrations depict how animals build homes for protection and to raise their young.

A child looks all over the house for her missing blanket. Uses flaps to reveal what the child finds behind closed doors.

A young child discovers who lives where at Grandpa's farm.

Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, saves a giant robot from his evil creator, Dr. Stinky, and in turn, the robot protects Ricky from the bullies at school and it saves the city from Dr. Stinky's plan to destroy it.

Text and lift-the-flap illustrations present details from famous paintings such as the "Mona Lisa" and explore their subject matter and the techniques used by the artists.