Carole Lexa Schaefer

When it snows in October, two friends build a snowman using a pumpkin as its head.

A beautiful night and a full moon inspire the barnyard animals to hold a dance by the pond, where the arrival of some clouds provides them with an unexpected experience.

Suggesting to a confused Elephant that they spend their unscheduled day gadding about, Monkey explains that they will walk and look around while making brief stops whenever they encounter something interesting or run into other friends.

As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a piece of string which her imagination turns into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and more.

When Little Monkey decides to venture out into the jungle alone, beyond the gaze of his watchful Mama, he discovers that other animals are not as friendly and warm as his own family and that independence is not altogether a good thing.

On a gray drizzly day, school children imagine themselves as many different things, from firefighters to dinosaurs to kings and queens.

When monkey confides to elephant that today is his birthday, elephant decides to turn Clever Rat's get together into a surprise birthday party for his friend.

"Combing real historical artifacts with fictional stories, Carole Lexa Schaefer brings each fascinating object to life by imagining the hands that might have made it and those that might have used it." --Dust jacket.

A young boy enjoys drinking his cocoa from a special cup that has been passed down through several generations of his family.

Baby and Nonna spend the day in the park, and what do they see? A squirrel, a grasshopper, and a pigeon!