Most Popular Books by Lois Ehlert

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

Children are sure to love poring over Lois Ehlert''s bold, funny illustrations and identifying the common (and not so common) objects she uses to decorate her snowy family. Full color.

From beloved Caldecott Honor artist Lois Ehlert comes a clever and funny valentine celebrating love and friendship. Readers of all ages will go bananas for this pun-filled and sweet story filled with rebuses and love. Alphabet letters and bold, graphic images of fruits and vegetables come together in this endearing and playful book that is perfect for sharing.

The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

Simple, rhyming text celebrates what is nice about mice.

Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. "Children will beg to share this book over and over."--American Bookseller

A squirrel''s comic misadventures

Meet Ralph the talking dog.

Wake up! It''s market day. Everyone''s going to the town square for a farmers market like no other -- and you''re invited to come along. Let''s go!

"Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert''s bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tools are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens . . . planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert''s simple, colorful cut-paper-style illustrations are child-friendly, as isthe big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off!

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot an dartichoke to yam and zucchini.

An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.

Get to know the “rain fish” that come to life during rainstorms in this gorgeous exploration of nature with vibrant collage artwork from the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. When blue sky turns gray and it rains all day, sometimes rain fish come out and play. They swim among discards and debris. Do you see them, too? Or is it just me? Through lyrical text and her incomparable mixed-media collage illustrations, Lois Ehlert introduces readers to “rain fish”—the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms. From a scrap of newspaper with a seashell eye and feather smile to a piece of cardboard with an orange peel eye and a leaf for a fin, Ehlert’s rain fish come in all shapes and sizes. Complete with an author’s note explaining how Ehlert collected the found materials she used to make the book over the course of a year, Rain Fish is a spirited celebration of imagination, creativity, and observing the world in your own way—and it invites you to discover your own rain fish.

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Shapes and colors in your zoo, lots of things that you can do. Heads and ears, beaks and snouts, that''s what animals are all about. I know animals and you do too; make some new ones for your zoo.

Caldecott Honor artist Lois Ehlert invokes birds and beasts from all walks of the animal kingdom in this collection of fun, clever, and witty poems. Beautifully illustrated in Lois’s signature bold and bright collage style, this exploration of camouflage and adornment will both illuminate and delight.

After digging holes and munching on crawly bugs, a chubby mole settles in her cozy burrow for winter. Includes glossary identifying all of the different worms, caterpillars, moths, and butterflies included in the illustrations.

A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

When Fox tells Mole she must move out of her tunnel to make way for a new path, Mole finds an ingenious way to save her home.

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.

Join hands with artist Lois Ehlert in this moving celebration of family and creativity.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

Un padre y su hijo crecen verduras y luego las usan para preparar una sopa.

El gato se ha escapado. Busca algo para almorzar y el jardín está lleno de pájaros.

This ALA Notable Children''s Book shares a magical folktale--in Spanish and English--about Fox and Mole who go to the moon with a little help from their friends. Full color.