Ashley Wolff

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Dog as he does all he can to help his pumpkins grow and thrive, including accepting unexpected help from other animals.

"When Mama and Baby Bear go out to look for food one night, curious Baby Bear wants to wander and explore. Each time his Mama Bear calls for him, Baby Bear turns up in a different place. Where, oh where, could Baby Bear be?"--

Students respond, in rhyming text, to their teacher's question about what each calls his or her grandmother, offering examples of things they like to do together.

During their camping trip, Roy continually tries to find evidence of bears in the animal tracks around them, only to be contradicted by his sister Stella, but then one night a bear really does appear.

A rhyming recipe explains how to make the dark, crumbly, rich, earth-friendly food called compost.

"Adam has a secret, and his friends have to guess what it is. Miss Bindergarten has a secret too, and the whole class will be amazed at what fun she has in store for them"--

A raccoon tries to find out which of his animal friends stole the cookies.