Monica Wellington

"A young girl visits an arboretum in the autumn to collect fallen leaves. She identifies various trees by the shapes of their leaves and pastes her collection into her own leaf book"--

Zinnia plants a garden, eagerly waits for the plants to grow, sells the beautiful flowers, then gathers seeds to plant the following year.

With vegetables from her own garden and other fresh ingredients, Sally mixes and bakes hot and bubbly pizzas for her customers to take home or eat in her pizzeria.

Gabby and her grandmother spend the day together doing things that help the environment, from sewing cloth bags out of fabric scraps to dropping off their recycling and visiting the library for more helpful ideas.

Riki, who loves to watch, feed, and listen to the birds that come to his garden, decides to build a birdhouse.

"A young dancer writes a letter to a ballerina she admires"--

Suzette sells a variety of her crepes, French pancakes, from the street cart she takes all over Paris. Includes a recipe and a short glossary of French words used.

The driver of a tractor-trailer picks up a load of fresh fruits and vegetables, then drives through the countryside, past small towns, and into the big city, passing farms, construction sites, and many other vehicles, then delivers the produce and relaxes with other drivers.

Annie the apple farmer saves her most beautiful apples to sell fresh at the farmers' market.

Simple text and illustrations depict the nighttime activities of young rabbits.