John Archambault

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

The owner of a human body celebrates it by pointing out various parts and mentioning their functions, from "hands for catching and throwing" to the "skin that bundles me in."

A Halloween jack-o-lantern leads a band of mischief makers before getting snuffed out.

A little mouse who habitually teases a cat must use his wits to avoid being eaten.

Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.

Describes the changing sounds of the rain, the slow soft sprinkle, the drip-drop tinkle, the sounding pounding roaring rain, and the fresh wet silent after-time of rain.

Walking down a dark lonely road on an errand one night, a brother and sister argue over who is afraid of the dread Ghost-Eye tree.

"Publicado originalmente en inglés en 1993 con el título Chicka chicka ABC por Little Simon"--P. 4 of cover. "A le dijo a B, y B le dijo a C: "En el cocotero, ¡allí de esperare!" Pero cuando todas las letras del alfabeto suben al cocotero... ¡Oh, no¡ Chica chica ¡BUM! ¡Bum! An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

Introduces long, short, fancy, dancy, prancy, and antsy words.

All the colors of the earth: Reveals in verse that despite outward differences, children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable. Foolish frog: A dramatization of Charles L. Seeger's and Pete Seeger's song of the same title in which a foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him. Over in the meadow: Counting song in which flowers and grasses, animals and insects, mothers and their young provide...