Dana Meachen Rau

A child describes the pleasures and freedom of writing one's own book and then reading it as well.

A girl and her brother retrieve a large box from the garbage and pretend that it is a cave, car, house, and cage.

A stroll by the sea involves a windbreaker, sunglasses, binoculars, the watching of slick fish and wet waves, and the collecting of shells.

A walk in the woods involves seeing tall trees and silly squirrels, collecting leaves, and listening for birds.

Exploring a cave involves watching hanging bats, following a stream, and looking for paintings.

As the seasons change, a family shares both fun and chores in their yard.

Brief rhyming text describes children at camp who use their feet to do a variety of things, from kicking a soccer ball to rollerblading.

Children use their hands for all kinds of things when they prepare for and go to a birthday party.

While on a field trip to the National Air and Space Museum, Tommy imagines himself as Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander aboard Apollo 11 and the first man to set foot on the moon.

A scarecrow is too friendly to do the job for which it was made.