Larry Dane Brimner

Simple, rhyming text counts monkeys as they swing into a kitchen, enjoy a wild visit, and swing back out.

A child describes some of the sights and sounds of winter.

Describes the eighth planet from the sun, Neptune, and its orbit, rotation, gassy surface, rings, moons, and the visit by the Voyager 2 probe.

A child describes some of the sights and sounds of early spring.

Describes the appearance, climate, moons, and exploration of the largest planet in the solar system.

Ants increase by multiples of ten as they march up the hill toward a tall cake.

A young girl admits she's made many mistakes and asks her dad to not be mad at her.

A brief overview of the sport of speed skating including its history, equipment, categories of events, and memorable performances by speed skaters at the Olympic games.

Ace has built her own go-kart, but when she is ready for a test run it will not start, and she has to figure out what part is missing--and then in the middle of the race something else goes wrong.

"In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly...