"Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests."--

"A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie."--

"A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup."--

Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be. A big bad fly wreaks alphabetical havoc on a household in lilting rhyme that brings readers to a resounding "Swat!" on the very last page. A solid refrain invites partial participation, but the whole sordid story, accompanied by Gammell's energetic vision of this watercolor pest, is easy to remember and...

Rhyming story describing the many colors in the city on a rainy day and the rainbow that follows.