Ruth Heller

A pictorial introduction to the animals that lay eggs, including chickens as well as other birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and even a few mammals.

Brief text in rhyme and pictures introduce adjectives and their uses.

Illustrations and rhyming text introduce how adverbs are used from simple forms to more difficult.

Introduces various types of pronouns, explains how and when to use them, and provides whimsical glimpses of what our language would be without them.

Brief text and lavish illustrations explain verbs.

Describes and illustrates how colors combine in printing and how they affect our eyes.

Explores through rhyming text the subject of prepositions and how they're used.

Brief rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of plants that do not flower but propagate by means of spores, seeds, and cones.

In rhyming text, explains the myths and secrets surrounding the mysterious Sargasso Sea --a natural mystery, a warm "sea within a sea" in the midst of the cold Northern Atlantic Ocean where whirlpool-like currents have been said to becalm ships forever, and where underneath huge tangles of seaweed are men-o-war, jellyfish, turtles, fish, and eels.

Text and illustrations introduce animals with fur or hair who nurse their young, breathe fresh air, and except for two species give birth to their young alive instead of laying eggs.