The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery. A lyrical consideration of the lives and thoughts of an ancient people whose pottery can still be found in the desert of the American Southwest. "Bahti has filled the pages with evocative pen-and-ink line drawings representing the primitive figures and designs on the pottery ... The striking effect of the illustrations is...

Despite the many animals in the forest, three hunters see only a ship, a house, and a pincushion and find nothing to shoot.

Simple text and illustrations describe the characteristics of the desert and its plant, animal, and human life.

An Armenian folktale about two robbers courting the same girl.

A retelling of the Jewish legend of the golem created by Rabbi Lev to protect the Jews of Prague from the angry mob.

Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.

"The train rolls along slowly at first, slowly enough to count the cars, to name their colors, and identify their functions, until it starts to pick up speed."--

Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.

Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.