The Romper Room birthday word book

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Elizabeth Havercroft

Look out for the Allosaurus! Would you like to see what happens during a year in the world of dinosaurs? Then come spend the next twelve months in the Jurassic period. Check out eight action-packed scenes for a bird's-eye view of babies hatching, plesiosaurs swimming, and dinosaurs escaping from a forest fire. Keep your eye on the calendar too. By spending a whole year in the world of dinosaurs, you can watch events unfold as the seasons change.

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Myra Cohn Livingston, poet

A collection of poems on the holidays of the year, from New Year's Day through Martin Luther King Day, Passover, Labor Day, Halloween, and others, to Christmas Eve.

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story by Janet Anderson

Betsy feels terrible about eating her brother's birthday candy bar, until the Hugga Bunch members help her discover that hugs heal hurt and bring forgiveness.

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Pam Scheunemann

Introduces, in brief text and illustrations, the use of the letter combination "aw" in such words as "paw," "saw," "gnaw," and "flaw."