Dana Meachen Rau

A young girl makes so many demands on the robot she has constructed that he runs away.

A child thinks of ways to have fun while waiting for the bus, at the doctor's office, and at other boring times during the day.

A child thinks of ways to have fun while waiting for the bus, at the doctor's office, and at other boring times during the day.

A girl describes the hideaway in her closet where she goes when she wants to spend time by herself.

Sue's blue paint and Fred's red paint get mixed together and create purple, the best color of all.

A stroll by the sea involves a windbreaker, sunglasses, binoculars, the watching of slick fish and wet waves, and the collecting of shells. Ideal for emergent readers, this series explores a variety of natural settings as seen through the eyes of children. Using brief texts, children describe what they see, do, and bring along when they climb a mountain, stroll by the sea, explore a cave, visit the desert, splash in a pond, or walk through the woods....

Brief rhyming text describes children at camp who use their feet to do a variety of things, from kicking a soccer ball to rollerblading.

Sounds heard on a farm include a bird, a cow, a farmer, a train, and an owl.