Harriet Ziefert

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--

"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--

When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.

"A little girl steps out into her rainy yard in search of her missing kitten. She discovers a series of charming garden denizens on the way to finding Kitty. After celebrating the glories of a rainy day, the book ends with a heartwarming reunion between girl and cat"--

"Offering a springboard into independent reading, the Flip-a-Word series takes kids from a single word, to a phrase, to a simple sentence. Ice Mice utilizes word families to help new readers recognize similarities between words that rhyme and connect words that have matching long or short vowel sounds"--

As the fall harvest moon shines on the farm, leaf families gather to celebrate the autumnal equinox.

When their outdoor sleepover is interrupted, Bear and his friends prepare for bed in a cabin, saying goodnight to a catalog of things, including Bear's beloved underwear.

Short rhymes point out traits that characterize different animals, such as an owl's keen eyesight or the beauty of a butterfly's wings.