Frank Asch

Bear had never seen a rainbow and when he did he thought it was the sky on fire. A bird he met told him it was a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end but bear did not believe him. Bear took a pot of water to put out the fire and bird goes to find the pot of gold.

While celebrating his new promotion at his favorite restaurant, Paw and Claw, Mr. Maxwell orders the "live" mouse special and gets more than he bargained for when his dinner arrives with a little garnish--and quite an attitude!

Poems and photographs depict desert ecosystems in North America.

Celebrates a child's love of the sun and the wonderous ways in which it helps the earth and the life upon it.

Baby Bear and his parents are having a sleepover at his grandparent's house when he hears a scary noise. He looks through the cellar door keyhole and sees a dragon! Then he dreams the dragon comes upstairs and eats his milk and cookies. Bear is scared, but luckily his father shows him that the dragon is not what he thinks -- and there are plenty of milk and cookies to comfort him.

One fine summer evening, a hungry bear decides that he would like to taste a piece of the moon and builds a rocketship to get there.

During a game of hide-and-seek, Moon hides behind a cloud, leaving Bear worried his friend is lost.

Alex's little brother Jonathan is a pest. He never shuts up. He asks questions all the time. He's a klutz. He's . . .evil. So Alex decides to "put a few light years" between himself and the kid. How? By building a cardboard spaceship that will whisk him away from Earthand Jonathan. Impossible you ask? Not for someone with Alex's genius. Unfortunately, Jonathan puts a kink in the works when he finds out about the secret mission.

When the Big Bad Wolf comes knocking on the door of the Pig family, he finds himself surprised with a birthday party, and he forgets why he really came to see them.

A child explains how he and the Earth dance and sing together and take turns listening to each other.