Pat Hutchins

"Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her. Rosie's walk is quiet, uneventful and eventually leads her back to the coop, blissfully unaware of the fox's travails as he tries--unsuccessfully--to navigate the obstacle course that Rosie has let him through." -- Page [4] cover.

A boy discovers that being little can mean big things in this charming story by author Pat Hutchins. Titch is little. Everything he has is little, from his little pinwheel to his little tricycle. His brother Pete and his sister Mary are big. Everything they have is bigger and better than what Titch has. Their kites fly high above the houses and trees, and their bicycles are large and fast. But when Titch plants a little seed, it begins to grow...and...

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Because all the other animals' noises keep him from sleeping, Owl watches for a chance to take his revenge.

Four animal friends notice that the size of distant objects seems to change depending on the location and movement of the viewer.

Rosie's chick is hatched and she is trying to find it, but the chick is following Rosie.

When Grandma, Ma, and Hazel Monster want to find Baby Monster, they follow the messy trail he has left.

Rabbit's secret message gets all mixed up as the animals whisper it to each other.