Teri Sloat

"The heartwarming tale of one little lamb's first snowy adventure"--

Long ago, the only berries on the tundra were hard, tasteless, little crowberries. As Anana watches the ladies complain bitterly while picking berries for the Fall Festival, she decides to use her magic to help. 'Atsa-ii-yaa (Berry), Atsa-ii-yaa (Berry), Atsaukina!' (Be a berry!), Anana sings under the full moon, turning four dolls into little girls that run and tumble over the tundra, creating patches of fat, juicy berries: blueberries, cranberries,...

"Every single joke is illustrated in full shocking color, and every page is full of things to look at that are just as funny and just as bad as the jokes!" -- Cover p. 4.

A twister strikes Farmer Brown's farm and mixes the animals all up, so that the cows oinked, sheep clucked, hens brayed, and his hound neighed.

A duck marvels at how wonderful it is to be a duck, with feathers, webbed feet, and wings that can fly, from the time he is hatched until he becomes a dad.

Farmer Brown and all his animals are ready for sleep, but a tiny whiny humming sound keeps them awake.

In this song based on "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, " a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of the world, paints images on the ceiling of a cave, that are later discovered by a young Spanish girl in 1879.

Sent out by his grandmother to find food, Amik consumes a series of animals of ever-increasing size and brings back more than he thinks.

Illustrations of people and animals introduce the numbers one through ten and then, counting by tens, move up to 100.

Short verses describe how animals around the world, from yaks with yo-yos to The Nashville Newts, enjoy the special gifts of Christmas that Santa Claus brings.