Ruth Krauss

From Ruth Krauss, the celebrated children's book author of The Carrot Seed and A Hole Is to Dig, comes this never-before-published book of witty one-liners--brought to life by Geisel Honor-winning artist Sergio Ruzzier. Dance with a leaf. Jump like a raindrop. Sit in the sun and shine. Not since A Hole Is to Dig and Open House for Butterflies have we seen such electric and playful words on a page. This imaginative story from Ruth Krauss--one of the...

In the middle of winter, different forest animals awake and run sniffing through the trees, to discover a single flower growing in the snow.

The little boy of this story knows just what a very special house should be. It would have a bed to bounce on, a table "very special where to put your feet" and it would be a place to bring friends -- a lion, a giant, some monkeys. Best of all, it would always suggest "MORE and be a place where "NOBODY ever says stop."

A bird hatches from its egg and learns to fly.

In simple rhyming text, a child says goodnight to the things around her.

A book full of statements, some silly and some thoughtful, about good things to know and do.

Simple, rhythmic text follows a mother cat and her kitten as they discover the love of big forests for little trees, big skies for little skyscrapers, and parents for their children.

Reveals the special bond in a girl's special friendship with a horse.

As a child hides beneath a blanket, Mother playfully wonders if the hidden bundle could be anything she needs.

Having decided that it is backward day, a boy dresses himself first in his coat, last in his socks, and continues in that way with the cooperation of his family.