Presents the eggs of many animals and shows what kinds of babies hatch from them.

Describes how different species of fish, birds, insects, and animals catch or find and eat the food which is nourishing to them, in water, on land, and in the air.

One day, the children find a bird lying on its side with its eyes closed and no heartbeat. They are very sorry, so they decide to say good-bye. In the park, they dig a hole for the bird and cover it with warm sweet-ferns and flowers. Finally, they sing sweet songs to send the little bird on its way.

Twenty-five poems, about insects, fish, animals, birds, and the seasons.

If you fill a jar with the proper dirt and grasses and carefully lower an insect into it, you may learn something about its nature and structure.

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.