Each of these cozy little books is appealing to hold, look at, and listen to. One Little Lamb begins with a playful lamb whose wool is cut, combed, spun, dyed, and then knit into a pair of mittens that the young child narrator wears “when I visit the lambs.” The simple, pleasing story comes full circle in 52 words. It takes only 36 words to come back to the beginning idea in One Seed, in which a seed is planted, tended, warmed by the sun, and watered by rain to eventually reveal a beautiful bloom—and another seed. The text in both books appears in large black letters on white—just a handful of words on each page. The opposing page of each two-page spread features an inviting, colorful painting, one element of which provides a small, graceful detail on the text in these intimate books perfectly sized for small hands. (Ages 3–6)

Everyone needs a dose of summertime after April's showers. With simple language and endearing illustrations, One Little Lamb shows how one lamb's wool turns into a pair of stripy mittens.