Joanne Ryder

Celebrates the creatures of the earth, from spiders dangling in their webs to owls hooting and hunting out of sight, and asks that we respect and care for them.

A group of farm animals receives a mysterious party invitation and everyone's getting ready. Based on the chorus of the song "Buffalo Gals, " this book takes readers on a delightful barnyard romp. .

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of hugs.

The moon is full and all the bears are gathered together for a ball under the stars.

Describes what it would be like to live in a little house by the sea and frolic with seals and crabs and other sea creatures.

A series of poems that depict the world of a field mouse from sundown to sunup.

Describes the awakening, feeding, and wandering of a polar bear, from its own viewpoint.

A child's father digs in the garden, finding and presenting for inspection such wonders as a round gold beetle and a leaf-green mantis.