Lois Ehlert

Illustrates the life cycle of four common butterflies by featuring butterfly and flower facts, butterfly identification tips, and a guide to creating a butterfly garden.

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him.

After digging holes and munching on crawly bugs, a chubby mole settles in her cozy burrow for winter. Includes glossary identifying all of the different worms, caterpillars, moths, and butterflies included in the illustrations.

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

A counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he turned into a fish himself.

A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. 500 Contains information on the parts of a Maple tree, and how to plant a tree -- colophon. End flap of dust jacket gives instructions on how to make a bird treat. Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis...

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

A collection of poems about animal camouflage and adornment.

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