The monkeys steal the peddler's caps while he is asleep. The monkeys steal the peddler's caps while he is asleep. Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddler's efforts to outwit the monkeys in this new, enlarged, and redesigned...

"Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes." -- T.p. verso.

Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.

A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice.

Two children play in their backyard during a rainy day.

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

Simon flees from a friendly monster with the aid of some drawing pens and a bottle of ink.

As an ordinary rabbit in real life is portrayed as a bionic bunny on his television series, the reader views all the production efforts that provide that illusion.

Slow Snail hits the ball so hard during a baseball game that it flies to the moon and back, but that still may not be enough time for Snail to slide in for a home run.