Denise Fleming

Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn.

When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.

Simple rhymes describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Halloween.

A mouse works his way through the alphabet as he folds the "F, " measures the "M, " and rolls the "R."

When Bear notices that winter is nearly here he hurries to tell Snail, after which each animal tells another until finally the already sleeping Bear is awakened in his den with the news.

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal the great variety of beetles and their swirling, humming, crashing activities.

Buster the dog thinks his perfect life is spoiled when Betty the cat comes to live with him, until he learns not to be afraid of cats.

While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps.

Circles, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and more have fun moving about, along with a mischievous mouse that wants to play, too.

In the small, snall pond: "Spring is here in this cheerful introduction to the seasons ..."--Container box. Goose: "A baby goose, adopted at birth by a family of woodchucks, feels like an outcast in everything she does until she discovers -- all by herself -- that she can fly."--Container box. Waiting for wings: "Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this visually magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars and...