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Numbers from one to ten are illustrated with different baby animals and information is provided about their traits and habits.

Compares the appearance and use of common machines such as camera, clock, telephone, bicycle, auto, train, and plane with that of the models used long ago.

An adventurous African-American woman and her nephew make their way through alphabet accomplishments from Amazing audiences to Zipping zebras.

A boy describes the joys and problems involved in doing things with his family.

Riddles in rhyme describe foods such as spaghetti, popcorn, apples, and carrots.

Uses humorous illustrations to compare the traits and habits of domestic cats with those of lions, tigers, and cheetahs that live in the wild.

A cumulative tale in which various neighbors try to rescue Janey's kite from a tree until she has to rescue both the kite and them.

Armando's family members are too busy to answer his questions until one day they take him to the library, introduce him to the librarian, and find books with the answers to his questions.

The sister of the Three Little Pigs comes to visit and tries to persuade her brothers, who have been hermits since an episode with a wolf, to overcome their fears and go outside.