How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

The adventures of Peter, a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than this book. With its universal appeal, the story has become a favorite with millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. -- Publisher description.

Young Jimmy decides to bring his pet boa constrictor on a school field trip to the farm. Bedlam erupts, though, when the constrictor decides to socialize with the barnyard animals.

When Bear decides to give the moon a birthday present, he climbs a mountain to get close enough to ask what day is the moon's birthday.

With the help of Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and Steven Kellogg, the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion are explained.

Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell's weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all.

A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...

Retelling of the Story of the Three Pigs from the point of view of Alexander T. Wolf. He claims the media have distorted the real story of what happened when he went to the pigs next door for a cup of sugar.

George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.