Uses analogies to teach the similarities and differences between animals, including their sounds, physical adaptations, behaviors, and classes.

"Rhyming verses present some of the many ways that animals carry their young, including 'Tucked in pouches. Gripped in teeth. Propped on backs--or underneath'"--

"A counting book in rhyme presents various farm animals and their offspring, from a mother hen and her "little chick one" to a mother pig and her "little piglets ten." Includes related facts and activities."--

"The water cycle becomes a down-to-earth reality when children follow Pitter on his overland journey from cloud to ocean, and Patter on her journey from cloud to ocean by way of an underground route. In the ocean they meet and join in a cloud once again. 'Explore More' endnotes provide additional explanations of water cycle principles"--

"Many acorns fall and are eaten by creatures of the forest but one acorn falls to the ground and over several years grows into a huge oak tree. Includes information on acorns, Arbor Day, and growing an oak tree."--

A Margaridinha precisa de um lar que seja simplesmente o ideal. Ela pede ao Vento que a ajude a encontrar o ambiente perfeito onde ela possa espalhar suas raízes, e ele aceita o desafio. O Vento sopra a Margaridinha para a tundra, para as montanhas e para o pântano. Ela desaprova todos os lugares, um por um – frio demais, duro demais, úmido demais. Não estando preparados para desistir, eles tentam a floresta tropical e depois o quente

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