Uses humorous rhyming text and colorful illustrations to explain the concept of prefixes and shows how they affect words and their meanings.

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

A puppy helps a little duck find its way home to the pond.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. Includes CD.

Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.

Provides fun facts about Labrador retrievers, including their history, personality, and the best way to care for this type of dog.

Explores the causes of everyday weather phenomena, including how clouds form, why tornadoes twist, and how the sun helps life grow.

"A stirring poetic tribute to the beauty and wonder of America's symbols, history, landscape"--

Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.

Seven clotheslines are presented with rhyming verse describing the items of clothing found, and the reader is invited to guess what kind of person and job to which the sets of clothing belong.