Eric Carle

A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...

Light the menorah, spin the dreidel, and learn all about Hanukkah!

En otoño, un viento fuerte arranca las semillas de las flores, las levanta alto en el aire y las lleva a tierras distantes. Una a una, las semillas quedan en el camino: al ser quemadas por el sol, al caer en el océano, al ser comidas por los pájaros. Pero algunas subsisten al largo invierno y, al llegar la primavera, se convierten en plantas que, a su vez, tienen que enfrentar nuevos peligros: ser aplastadas por niños que juegan, ser arrancadas...

"An acorn becomes an oak tree, a tadpole becomes a frog, and a very hungry caterpillar becomes a beautiful butterfly. Children will love learning about how things grow and develop with the fun flaps and bright pictures in this beautiful book,"--back cover.

Retells 12 familiar Aesop's fables including "The Rabbit and the Turtle, " "The Lion and the Mouse, " and "The Wolf and the Lamb."