Lois Ehlert

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

The disappearance of the seeds left out for the birds heralds a new snow fall, allowing a group of children to use up the stuff they have been saving to create a snow family. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.

A memoir of the life of children's book illustrator and author Lois Ehlert, discussing her childhood, and her career.

On a cold, snowy night, all is quiet throughout the house except for a small, michievous mouse.

A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.

When a child works alongside her parents doing carpentry, sewing, and gardening, she thinks of being an artist as well when she grows up.

Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire, and others perform in a somewhat unusual circus.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.

An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.