Rachel Isadora

Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition. Listen to the jazz as you read along with this book and CD set.

Savor the joy of all four seasons! Spring brings baby animals, April showers... and raincoats. Summer means fireflies, long sunny days at the beach... and no cost at all! Fall brings irresistible piles of leaves, pumpkin patches... and the warmth of cozy sweaters. And winter is full of all sorts of snowy outdoor fun... but we need to really bundle up! Caldecott Honor winner rachel Isadora's inviting introduction to the four seasons features lively...

A simplified version of the tale in which a girl proves that she is a real princess by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds.

The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

As an African American toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say "uh-oh."

Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

In this retelling of the Ugly Duckling, set on the African continent, the duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Bea and her toddler ballet class perform "The Nutcracker."

The perilous adventures of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminate in tragedy for both of them.