"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.

Swirling text and sweeping illustrations show younger readers the dynamic character of wind.

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels. Poor Hermit Crab! He's outgrown his snug little shell and has to find a new home. And he does, with help from some friends who make the move less scary. Children facing change in their own lives will relate to Hermit Crab's story-and learn a lot about the fascinating world of marine life along the...

During a game of hide-and-seek, Moon hides behind a cloud, leaving Bear worried his friend is lost.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself, goes to sleep, and awakens as a beautiful, colorful butterfly.

Rhyming text describes Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.

The animal inhabitants of a rain forest live in peace, until something even more powerful than Jaguar comes to threaten their world.

Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken.

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.