Harriet Ziefert

Spectators wait to see what will come next as the watch the town's Fourth of July parade.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

Grandma sews an environmentally friendly party dress for her granddaughter that can be recycled as she grows up.

Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many way that water is essential to our lives and the existence of life on earth. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of water - and the environmental danger to water posed by pollution and lack of respect for this precious resource. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.

Lift the flaps and see all the extra special things a mommy does.

Lift the flaps and see all the extra special things a daddy does.

"When the stallion runs after the mare, he starts a chain reaction as the cowboy, cowgirl, and ranch critters join the chase-around. What's all the hubbub about? Stallion just wants to play a game with Mare! He didn't mean to cause such a ruckus! A spread about ranch animals rounds out the book"--

Lucy and her Grandpa go birdwatching together, but although he teaches her about many different birds that they see in the woods and near the pond, what Lucy really wants to see is a red-breasted robin. Includes facts about more than a dozen kinds of birds.

In this simple holiday story, young children can lift the flaps and see a little mouse prepare the perfect surprise for her mother.