"Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice."--Back cover.

When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

Cookie the cat gets into a different kind of mischief every day of the week. One of Tomie's most popular young picture books, this charming story about Cookie the cat makes a perfect board book. With its bright watercolor illustrations and one sentence of text per page, toddlers will love following Cookie through the days of the week--and seeing all the trouble he causes around the house!

Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.

A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down.

One after another, the animals in a barn wake each other up with the unique sounds they make.

In this version of a familiar song, baby animals ride to the children's zoo on the zoo train. Printed music on last page.