Barbara Shook Hazen

City cats and country cats engage in typical activities, including riding bicycles, selling peanuts, driving tractors, and feeding hens.

Describes, in rhymed text and illustrations, the different places in which various animals sleep.

Soon after Katie wishes for her potatoes to disappear during dinner, a potato famine ravages her native Ireland, forcing her to leave for America.

Sir Fred, considered to be the bravest knight in the castle, fears for his reputation when a jealous bully tries to expose his secret fear of fighting.

A mother declares she will always love her child, no matter what happens.

Animal characters in varous situations show the proper manners or behavior in such areas as visiting or giving a party, writing thank-you notes, and showing common courtesy at home, with friends, or at school.

A gorilla not only wakes a little boy up, but it messes up his room and makes his mother angry.

Amy experiences some scary moments when she finally gets the chance to babysit herself.

An exploration in verse of what can be found inside such things as a hollow log, a rose, a speckled egg, and mound in the ground.