A Lois Ehlert Celebration

Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 / Bill Martin, Jr., Michael Sampson ; [illustrated by] Lois Ehlert

Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming chant.

Chicka chicka boom boom Chicka chicka boom boom / Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault ; illustrated by Lois Ehlert

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

Color farm Color farm / Lois Ehlert

The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages.

Color zoo Color zoo / Lois Ehlert

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

Feathers for lunch Feathers for lunch / Lois Ehlert

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

Growing vegetable soup Growing vegetable soup / written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

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

Leaf Man Leaf Man / Lois Ehlert

A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. On die-cut pages.

Moon rope Moon rope / Lois Ehlert ; translated into Spanish by Amy Prince

An adaptation of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass.

A pair of socks A pair of socks / Stuart J. Murphy ; illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Introduces pattern recognition as a sock searches the house for its lost mate.

Planting a rainbow Planting a rainbow / written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

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

Rrralph Rrralph / Lois Ehlert

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

The scraps book The scraps book / Lois Ehlert

Wag a tail Wag a tail / Lois Ehlert

Assorted graduates of the Bow Wow School meet at a farmers market and a dog park, where most of them remember their obedience training.

Waiting for wings Waiting for wings / Lois Ehlert