A small boy enjoys playing alone in deep snow all day, and later welcomes his warm bath and snug bed-so he can go out again tomorrow!

When he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show, Archie must do some fast thinking to win a prize.

When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.

An old nursery counting poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten. From the mother turtle and her single baby, to the ten little fireflies, each creature does what they are expected to do.

A young black boy spends an adventurous day in the city when it snows.

On a rainy day two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.

When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a search for the "pirate" thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friend.

Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party but he wants it to be a surprise.

One night while everyone is sleeping, a little boy watches his paper mouse save a cat from an angry dog.

A collection of ten books by the Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator, with a brief biography and short essays by colleagues--including Jerry Pinkney and Eric Carle--who have been influenced by his work.