Anita Lobel

A child buys presents from A to Z in the shops along Market Street.

Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a lighthouse.

Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.

From adoring alligators to zany zebras, the animals in this book are sure to keep you amused with their antics. And look at the acrobats! For they are a talented group indeed. Using only their bodies, these limber contortionists are merrily forming all twenty-six letters of the alphabet. The animals are impressed. You will be, too!

A rolling pancake eludes all its pursuers except one clever pig.

Proceeds through the alphabet using boys' names and the names of exotic places in alliterative fashion.

The rooster and the hen set off in a mice-drawn shoe to proclaim themselves king and queen.

One golden morning, twenty-six pigs leave their pen, race along a country road, and find a field of letters, where they play all day until Zeke Pig falls asleep on a Z and they wearily return home by moonlight.

"When Mama Rabbit falls ill, her ten little rabbits each tend to her in their own way"--

A variety of flowers grows near the hollyhocks that give shade to the bee that sleeps on the only rose in a garden.