Lola M. Schaefer

A counting primer that combines contrasting illustrations with animal facts, inviting young children to count a woodpecker's 30 roosting holes, a giraffe's 200 spots, and 1000 baby seahorses.

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and activities of the hermit crab.

Offers a look at the world from different perspectives, such as if one were a mole in a hole or if one stood on the moon, in order to demonstrate that up and down are relative to where one actually is.

A cumulative verse describing how a sunflower in a garden blossoms and, with the help of the birds, spreads its seeds to create an entire patch of sunflowers.

A young child experiences a loose tooth for the first time and eagerly waits for it to come out.

Mittens the kitten searches for his friend Max, a dog, so they can play together.

Nick helps Mittens the kitten adjust to life in a new home.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated.

While Nick prepares for Halloween, Mittens the kitten tries her best to help out.

A child laughs at the increasing numbers of scary monsters that appear at bedtime, until a ghoul that seems scarier than all the rest arrives.