Rhyming word pairs describe the activities of two girls at summer camp. In this adaptation of a nursery rhyme, a young boy greets the world around him. Rhyming text and colorful collage pictures celebrate the pleasures of playing outdoors in summertime and in the wintertime. A young girl splashes her way through a wet day and returns to a warm home. Outside it's storming but inside Molly stays dry and plays happily with her cat in this book of contrasts.
Rhythmic verse describes the colors of the traditional kente cloth worn by people in Ghana.
A paperboy wakes up in the dark of early morning and, accompanied by his dog, happily rides his bike to deliver the Saturday paper to the houses on his route. Gentle verse describes how the sun wakes animals in the morning, rises high over the crops at noon, and slips away at dusk. Rhyming couplets reveal the kinds of food children around the world eat for lunch. On summer Saturdays, Laura goes to the farmer's market to help sell her family's produce and to play with a friend. Readers are introduced to children in different parts of the world through color photographs and text that describes what their daily life is like.