Henry Carter Hull

"There is pandemonium in the jungle. A strange roaring sounds sends the animals stampeding, convinced it's a monster. But all is not as it seems. Only Elmer the patchwork elephant is brave enough to investigate, and what he discovers comes as quite a surprise"--

All the animals of the barnyard community hurry to greet their newest member, who is just pecking his way out of an egg.

Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes.

In the follow-up to the well-received Animal Poems, Pug: And Other Animal Poems examines a wide range of animal behavior, from the fleetingness of a fly sipping spilled milk to the constant steely presence of a powerful bull; the greedy meal of a street rat to a cat's quiet gift of a dead mouse on the doorstep. Steve Jenkins's bright collage art brings these small moments to life. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Illustrations and simple text describe the many ways animals care for their eggs and young, with facts about animals, hatchlings, and their environment.

"Discusses raccoons, their behavior, and their environment"--

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

Tom Kitten hides from his mother and is caught by rats who want to make him into a kitten dumpling.