"This handsome poetry collection feels as hearty and comforting as a bowl of sugared porridge. . . . Children will delight in the fun and beauty." — Booklist (starred review)
From the bull to the barn cat to the wild bunny, the farmyard bustles with life. The rooster crows, the rams clash, the bees buzz, and over there in the garden, a snake — silent and alone — winds and watches. David Elliott's graceful, simple

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A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800's, while at the same time her counterpart in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice.

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.

Rhyming text tells of Naamah, wife of Noah, who sings to her husband, her sons and their wives, and to the animals to sleep at night.

All the elephant's friends give him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

Determined to retrieve her hat from the sycamore tree where it had been blown by the wind, Virginnie tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures behind her.