Harriet Ziefert

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

"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--

"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--

Posey likes pink so well that she will only wear, eat, and play with things of that color, until a new hue catches her eye.

When their outdoor sleepover is interrupted, Bear and his friends prepare for bed in a cabin, saying goodnight to a catalog of things, including Bear's beloved underwear.

"Follows the life cycle of one red apple: from a fruit growing on a tree to store, to picnic, to seed, to sapling and tree, and finally a new apple"--Amazon.com.

"This title in the Think About... series explores and explains that while some animals do indeed use tools, only people have developed things that make it possible to do things that their bodies cannot."--

In preparation for his first day of school, Harry visits the doctor, dentist, and barber, prepares pencils and a new outfit, and gets a good night's rest.

By the time a young boy finishes saying "good morning" to everything in sight, it is time to say "good night."