Byron Barton

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it. On board pages.

Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer.

Briefly describes the steps in building a house.

"A bus driver named Joe heads out on his route, stopping at one bus stop after another to pick up passengers. He picks up five dogs and five cats in all, dropping nine of them off at the plane, train, or boat. The tenth passenger, a dog, Joe takes home"--

During a busy day at the construction site, the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.

In prehistoric days there were many different kinds of dinosaurs, big and small, those with spikes and those with long, sharp teeth.

Jennie's dog, who is good at solving mysteries, helps her friend Susan find her lost house key.

This is a cumulative tale in which a frog tries to catch a fly without getting caught itself.