Eric Carle

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his wings together. Finally, as night...

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly.

By order of the Duke, Walter the baker must invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times.

Overview: Slowly, slowly, slowly ... that's how the sloth lives. He hangs upside-down from the branch of a tree, night and day, in the sun and in the rain, while the other animals of the rain forest rush past him. "Why are you so slow? Why are you so quiet? Why are you so lazy?" the others ask the sloth. And, after a long, long, long time, the sloth finally tells them! Set in the lush world of the tropical rain forest, this original picture book is...

A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Concepts concerning time, natural cycles, and relative size and questions about manners and social behavior are dealt with in a humorous story about a bad-tempered, boastful...

"A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself." -- Title page verso.

Guests at Little Frog's birthday party include the red fox, the purple butterfly, the orange cat, and other colorful animals. The illustrations are designed to demonstrate the concept of complementary colors.

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.

After his aunt makes him an apron just like his uncle's, a young boy helps him plaster the chimney.