A hole is to dig : a first book of first definitions

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780064432054

Collation

48 pages : illustration ; 16 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

428 KRA

I can fly

A bird can fly. So can I. A cow can moo. I can, too. So begins the simple, delightful rhyme by Ruth Krauss that both celebrates and encourages a child’s imagination. Mary Blair’s vibrant artwork, found in the Golden Books archives and newly scanned, looks as fresh as it did 50 years ago.

The carrot seed

When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won't grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one day a carrot will come up. So he waters his seed, and pulls the weeds, and he waits... This beautifully simple classic teaches the patience and technique of planting a seed and helping it grow. First published in 19…

The growing story

From this simple beginning grows a story that celebrates those little changes that tell us we're growing up! This Ruth Krauss classic enchanted young readers when it was first published in 1947. Now it blooms again with lush illustrations by one of the world's best-loved illustrators: Helen Oxenbury.

The happy day

It's snowing. All the animals are sleeping in their homes. They wake up. They open their eyes. They smell. They run. What will they find? A tale of forest animals as they wake up from their winter slumber, start running through the forest, and it happens to a magical discovery, a beautiful yellow flower that sprouts from the snow.