Pat Hutchins

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Little Titch plants a little seed that begins to grow and grow; meanwhile, his brother Pete and sister Mary are big.

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Sam is still too little to reach the light switch, the bathroom taps, and his clothes hangers, but his grandfather's birthday present makes him feel that he is finally tall enough.

Rabbit's secret message gets all mixed up as the animals whisper it to each other. Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal it gets more and more confused.

In rhyming verses, one animal after another neighs, moos, oinks, quacks and makes other appropriate sounds as each eats an apple from the farmer's tree.

A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind.

Sam's birthday brings a solution to several of his problems.

Four animal friends notice that the size of distant objects seems to change depending on the location and movement of the viewer.

Although Ella and Emily look alike, their choices of food, games, and colors at a birthday party help the reader tell them apart.