Douglas Florian

Labeled drawings portray animals at the zoo.

"The remote North and South Poles-- which poet Douglas Florian calls our "Earth refrigerator"-- are home to a wide variety of unusual, rarely-seen creatures including caribou, penguins, ptarmigans, narwhals, and many more! Young readers will love learning about these polar denizens and the ways they've adapted to their cold, windy, frozen environments." -- Amazon.com. "A kid-friendly collection of more than twenty poems about the polar regions and...

A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.

A family plants a vegetable garden and helps it grow to a rich harvest.

Rhyming text and illustrations invite young readers to join a group of friends for a fun-filled day of play, including riding bicycles, running a race, and playing hide-and-seek.

A collection of poems about winter, including "Sled, " "Icicles, " and "Ice Fishing."

A collection of humorous poems about such animals as the walrus, anteater, and boa.

Pig loves books, both big and small, and reads them at school, at home, and on the bus.

Briefly describes the tools of a painter, his subject matter, and the feelings he feels as he creates pictures.

Demonstrates how different types of chefs work with food and describes some of the utensils that they use.