Aliki

I can see! I can hear! I can taste! I can smell! I can touch! Children love to explore. Each day brings new sights and sounds, new things to smell and taste and touch. Aliki's simple text and colorful art introduce young children to the wonder of the five senses and what they reveal about the world around us.

A little boy who loves pushing buttons of all kinds ends up with such a sore finger that he must play with other things.

Miss Brilliant's class puts on a performance of "Mary had a little lamb."

Two separate stories in one book, the first telling of Mari's starting school in a new land, and the second describing village life in her country before she and her family left in search of a better life.

Discusses manners and gives examples of good manners and bad manners.

Describes the relationship of a grandfather and his granddaughter from her birth to his death.

A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.

Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history.

Pictures, dialogs, poems, and stories portray various emotions we all feel: jealousy, sadness, fear, anger, joy, love, and others.

Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.