Phillis Gershator

Describes, in rhymed cumulative text and illustrations, how various young animals and one small human prepare for sleep at the end of a spring day.

Illustrations and rhyming text explore the sights and sounds of nature in each season of the year.

Various animals tell what they do and where they go when it starts to snow.

Through rhyming text, farm animals are asked if they have items needed to prepare for a snack and bedtime, such as wool for a blanket, down for a pillow, and milk to drink.

Presents an expanded version of a folk song in which babies are given away as premiums with the purchase of different items each day of the week.

Illustrations and rhyming text explore the sights and sounds of nature in each season of the year.

A clever young fellow persuades an equally clever chief's daughter to marry the king of Dahomey, and both the young man and future queen prosper in the bargain.

When Tukama is captured by a two-headed giant and held prisoner by the giant's wife, he uses his flute to escape.

Pictures and rhyming text describe the birds and animals that fill a forest with noise and fun. Holes in die-cut board pages provide the reader clues as a question is asked on one page and answered on the next.

When the youngest rooster on the hill decides it is his duty to bring up the moon by crowing loudly each night, the people living nearby dream of rooster soup.