Interestingly, the first published book was Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyk which focuses readers attention on the letter 'F'. Cole's colorful illustrations complement and continue the fascination, in fact, Cole encourages readers to find the more than fifty 'F' objects hidden in the pictures. Also an American Booksellers Pick of the Lists selection in 1995. Next they collaborated on Livingstone Mouse , an adventure story that teaches about the five senses. The lesson is never heavy handed and like their other books, the story is filled with humor, the kind kids love.
Kids learn that one word can have different meanings.
One kindergarten class used the book to introduce the concept of exploration, held a tea party, reviewed the five senses, used teapot shapes on paper to write stories. In essence, the teacher and class developed a unit around the book. Another collaboration, Barefoot grew out of the second grade unit about the Underground Railroad. After reading the book aloud to the class, the kids were asked to speculate what happened on the next day in Barefoot's life, while another class wrote poems. Henry's book, Moosetache , by Margie Palatini's is an amusing story of a Moose who just has too much hair on his face and the crazy ways he tries to resolve his problem.