John Burningham

An illustrated introduction to the letters of the alphabet, the numbers one to ten, basic colors, and opposites.

Each time he does something a little bit bad, Edwardo is told that he is very bad and soon his behavior is awful, but when he accidentally does good things and is complimented, he becomes much, much nicer.

A cat, three bears, a fish, a frog, a baby, and others look for a place to go to sleep at the end of the day.

Illustrations of a boy playing musical instruments while a teddy bear dances are captioned with the words for the sounds the boy makes, such as boom, clash, scrape, and blare. Designed to provide an introduction to reading.

A child imitates a variety of animals, whose sounds (baa, croak, roar) are presented at the top of each page. The text, a single word accompanying each illustration is designed to serve as an introduction to reading.

Miles the dog is growing older, but adventure still awaits when he takes to the skies. Based on an idea by incomparable picture-book creator John Burningham, the text for Air Miles was completed by his longtime friend Bill Salaman and lovingly illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, John Burningham's wife.