Arnold Lobel

A collection of short humorous poems in the nursery rhyme tradition.

Specific instructions for making many pieces of clothing or items used by an early pioneer, such as powder horns, braided rugs, coonskin hats, or horn books. Includes instructions for small models and dioramas of frontier life.

Greg gets a microscope and has a fascinating time looking at sugar and salt crystals, thread, hairs, and cells.

When a new neighbor finds his ant nest has been accidently destroyed, two boys learn to make an ant nest and to catch insects and care for their ant city.

The reader is asked to guess, by looking at pictures of toys and play equipment, what Bear will need when he goes out to play in various seasons. Foldout pages reveal the answer.