John Bendall-Brunello

"A playful otter follows two children home and eats popcorn for lunch, swings on the curtains, and eventually encounters the ranger who reminds everyone this otter belongs in the water"--

Discusses such elements of weather as clouds, wet air, frost, ice, wind, and air pressure. Includes some projects.

Rhyming text poses a series of questions about how the reader would deal with a moose that is on the loose, in the yard, in the house, or taking a bath.

Four students arrive on the first day of school looking cool and their teacher challenges them to keep it up as they count down one hundred days to a cool celebration.

Granny Lally, who loves to tell tall tales, promises to take good care of Murphy, her grandchildren's pet hamster, while they are on vacation. Everything goes well until Murphy disappears while Granny is singing in her bath.

A counting book that highlights the giant leap that wood ducks must make on their second day in the world.

"Little Elephant gets lost and can't find her way home after dark. She is very scared, but she gets help from other animals and feels better by the time she gets home"--

"Zebra feels sad when his friend Giraffe moves away, but eventually gets cheered up by playing games with his other friends and getting a letter from Giraffe"--

Little Lion tries hard to roar like everyone else in his family but all he can do is squeak until he meets Mouse, who gives him just the encouragement he needs.

When Little Bear goes into the woods to identify the scary noise that awakened him, Owl and Raccoon invite him to try out their beds but Moose finally gets him to sleep and returns him to his own cave.