Miriam Schlein

A little cat tries to figure out why his mother loves him even when he is naughty, and if she loves him at other times because he is good.

A little girl's grandmother describes how the different people in her extended family waited for her to be born.

Explores the many different kinds of tracks dinosaurs left behind and what they reveal about the dinosaurs themselves.

Explains how the number one can refer to a single item, the two shoes in a pair, the seven days in a week, the twelve eggs in a dozen, all the trees in a forest, and much more.

Children identify situations that make them feel negative.

Discusses how the elephant developed from a small, pig-like animal into the large, trunked and tusked creature of today.

A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda, and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered, and what the government is doing to save them.

Explains how pigeons, descendants of wild rock doves, live their lives, raise their young, and have been useful throughout history to people.