Lois Ehlert

Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this visually magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars and finally butterflies.

A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree. In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Ehlert's rainbow of bright, bold, cheerful colors makes the merry parade of...

Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.

A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.

On market day, a farm family experiences all the fun and excitement of going to and from the farmers' market.

The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

A counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he turned into a fish himself.

"Through rhyme and mixed-media collage illustrations, 'rain fish'--the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms--come to life"--