Joanne Ryder

Describes what it feels like to change from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Includes gardening tips to attract butterflies.

Rhyming text lists a series of animals in their natural habitats, from a fawn in the grass and a snail underneath a leaf to a buzzing bee and two racing hummingbirds.

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of kisses.

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.

Winnie is challenged to adapt to a new school for girls where teaching is anything but ordinary and where the eclectic student body includes magicals as well as humans, and while Winnie uses her wits to find her own way, crusty dragon Miss Drake is secretly trying to discover and foil a new plot by Winnie's grandfather to gain custody of her.

The children in Mrs. Lee's first grade class make cards, cookies, and paper animals for Valentine's Day. Includes step-by-step instructions for making an origami bunny.

A kitten explores a garden and discovers its many delights.

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

One fall day a great white shark, hungry and alone, weaves his way about as he watches, smells, listens, and waits for someone to become his meal.