Joe Mathieu

Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts and emotions of various human and Muppet characters may seem different, they have similar uses.

A man's barbecue is interrupted when he is visited by a bevy of dogs from the neighborhood.

Silly teacher Mrs. Millie gets her words wrong when the class goes on a field trip to a pumpkin patch.

A woman's cello playing draws all of the neighborhood cats into her yard, where they wreak havoc before starting to make their own kind of music.

Max the duck wishes he could do something for the other animals living at Irene's house, but when his aunts arrive for a visit he gets more than his fill of being helpful.

Sally and Nick are playing in the rain and getting really muddy! So when the Cat in the Hat offers to show them how animals get clean, the kids are keen to find out. But can Sally and Nick really get rid of the mud by taking dust baths, like a sparrow? Or by licking themselves, like a lion? And where are they going to find an oxpecker to pick it off them, like a hippo has? (Besides, oxpeckers tickle!) Maybe there's a better way for a kid to get clean?...

Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.

It's the night before Christmas, and Cookie Monster is dozing peacefully, until a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer land on Sesame Street. Cookie Monster is delighted to have a visit from Santa, but there's just one problem, he's already eaten all of Santa's cookies! Luckily, Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street friends are ready to help! Includes reading tips for parents and guided prompts to help extend story time and make reading together...

In rhyming text, describes how both animals and people have teeth, and explores how teeth are useful and how to care for them.

Join the Cat in the Hat as he spends a day on the farm with Mr. and Mrs. Greenbean and their three little Greenbeans: Jean, Dean, and baby Irene! From dawn to dusk, kids will see cows being milked, chickens being fed, sheep being sheered, fields being tilled, fertilized, reaped, mowed, irrigated--and lots more!