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A bear cub does not think he will ever be big enough to find food for himself, but after his mother's patient instructions, he surprises himself

"This sturdy board book edition of Clifford the Small Red Puppy brings readers along as Clifford grows into the big red dog we all know and love! When Emily Elizabeth first meets Clifford, he is just a small puppy. His collar and food bowl are too big, and he is always getting lost. But soon, her love helps him grow bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER!"--

Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.

Still adjusting to her new role as big sister, a little girl tries to stay a baby for a little longer, but when her parents lovingly affirm her big-girl status, she starts to enjoy doing things her baby brother cannot.

Little Frog does not want to grow up, and he gives his father all sorts of reasons why being small is best.

"Born at the same time a Douglas-fir seedling emerges from the nursery bed on her family's Christmas tree farm, young Zee grows up beside the tree as both thrive and become taller throughout the years"--

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a small group of tadpoles as they undergo a change, from tiny, tailed swimmers to leaping frogs.

"[The story of] a young prince who grows up giving and receiving seeds (words). He faithfully plants and waters those seeds daily, until they grow to become very powerful trees. Later, with the help of a friend, he is able to cut down and uproot the bad ones and then replant good seeds in their place"--Page facing title page.