Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Buddy Bear learns about different kinds of seeds and their uses when he opens a package sent by his grandfather.

Minna does a lot of thinking about her project to do something kind, make a picture about what she did, and share it with her classmates, but finally comes up with an idea that spreads to the whole school.

One summer day, Buddy and his mother take a walk around a pond and observe the animals and insects that live there.

At bedtime a rabbit ponders the good things that happened during the day and how there was time to work, time to play, time to dance, laugh, and cuddle.

Minna and Pip make Valentine's Day gifts for their neighbors after learning about the history of the holiday at school.

During the four seasons of the year Buddy Bear and his mother go "leaf walking" and discover a lot of interesting things about leaves.

Sophie's grandfather tells her that all he wants for his birthday is for her to perform a mitzvah, a good work, and change the world; Sophie is perplexed because while she enjoys helping people, she does not see how her kindness changes the world--until her grandfather explains it to her.

When Buddy Bear and his mother go to the beach, she teaches him all about shells and mollusks. Includes facts about shells.

Walter notices water in his everyday activities and begins to write down his observations and the results of his experiments in a notebook that he shares with a friend.