Karla Kuskin

A cat answers a young child's questions about such things as how much and where it sleeps, and whether or not it likes living with people.

So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?

Evokes the spirit of an ancient city, recalling David, Nebuchadnezzer, Herod, Hadrian, Constantine, Saladin, Sulieman, and the many groups who came to conquer; and observes that despite 3000 years of being battered, burned, and rebuilt, Jerusaleum shines peacefully in the moonlight.

Jerusalem, Shining Still

This little girl has her mother's eyes, her father's hair, and her Aunt Jen's funny little toe. Or does she? In fact, she is also totally, thoroughly, wonderfully herself.

I Am Me

"It is almost Friday night. Outside, the dark is getting darker," and here and there around the city ninety-two men and thirteen women are getting dressed to go to work. First they bathe and put on their underwear. Then they don special black-and-white apparel. Then when the one hundred and five people are completely ready, each takes a musical instrument and travels to midtown. There, at 8:30 tonight, they will work together: playing. In these pages Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont combine their talents to give us a delightful and unusual inside view of one way an orchestra prepares. Nominee, 1983 American Book Award Notable Children's Books of 1983 (ALA) 1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) Outstanding Children's Books of 1982 (NYT) A Reading Rainbow Selection 1983 Teachers' Choices (NCTE) Children's Books of 1982 (Library of Congress)

The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

Life from the other side of the cat flap!

A collection of poems deals with such topics as pets, bugs, seasons, food, and senses.

Moon, Have You Met My Mother?

James puts on his yellow slicker and goes out into the rain to play rainy day games with an ever-increasing number of different animals.

James and the Rain

Melissa Iwai

Questions in verse about the many things you could be if you were square or soft or loud or red or small or fat or fierce or dark.

Green as a Bean

The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed

A child describes the many layers of clothing needed to brave the winter weather.

Karla Kuskin

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