Best Selling Books by Elmer Hader

The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.

Popular children''s authors, Berta and Elmer Hader, describe how they create their books together, and how their publisher, The Macmillan Company, turns their written and illustrated pages into books.

A brief look at authorship and publishing by a husband-and-wife team who have written many children''s books.

Presents life in New York City which grew from a tiny Indian settlement.

More than 170 painstakingly restored color and pen-and-ink illustrations accompany unforgettable game songs, tales of boys and girls, and lullabies, including "Hickory, Dickory, Dock," "Hey, Diddle, Diddle," and dozens more.

A story about a cat who fell into a well, became famous and brought good fortune to the family who took him in as a stray.

The book tells the story of the Doe family, who live in a crowded city apartment. The family decides to build a house in the country, although everyone around them says it can''t be done. How a house is built is explained through the family''s joint effort in construction.

A young Indian boy chooses to go hunting rather than go to school, until he meets a big grizzly bear.

The story of Tommy Thatcher, his wish to go sailing, and how that wish comes true.

Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.

The adventures of a mouse and his family.

After fourty years of sailing as a ship''s carpenter, Toby Tubbs decides to retire with his cat, Blackie.

A little red chick was born among the ducks. He seemed very strange them, but they accepted him until one day he was called on a long and scary journey home.

The story of the banana, how it''s grown, harvested, cut, shipped, ripened, and sent to market.

Tells the story of Johnny Morgan and his life in Jamaica.

The adventurous life of Spunky, a Shetland pony, from a pet to a worker in a coal mine to a circus pony.

Watching the parade on Thanksgiving Day and coasting down the park slopes on sleds are just two of the things that Paul and his sister, Pamela, love about winter in the big city.

Tells the story of Roger''s whirlwind adventure in a plane whose magical buttons do all the work.

Should Mr. Billy use a fence, a scarecrow or a gun to keep the hungry quail family away from his garden? Finally, after the quails visit him while he is ill, and, with a friendly quail perching on his gun barrel, Mr. Billy smiles and decides that the only solution to his problem is to plant a bigger garden.