Anita Lobel

One golden morning, twenty-six pigs leave their pen, race along a country road, and find a field of letters, where they play all day until Zeke Pig falls asleep on a Z and they wearily return home by moonlight.

Ten rabbits are hungry for supper but Mama Rabbit has nothing to put in her soup pot, so Papa sends the little ones to the garden where they discover increasing numbers of foods in many different colors.

Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a lighthouse.

Lena wants the sheep she counts at bedtime to meet another of her nighttime friends, but they think the moon is a monster and are afraid.

Various animals greet the sunrise in their own unique voices, except for the owl who welcomes the night.

Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.

The author, known as an illustrator of children's books, describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.

A princess in a coat of a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with her.

A variety of flowers grows near the hollyhocks that give shade to the bee that sleeps on the only rose in a garden.

A farmer's wife uses drastic measures to get her husband to abandon his lazy ways.