An unusual alphabet book incorporates reinforcement of individual letters into a dazzling display of floral painting as Lobel links girls' names, flowers, and verbs in a chain of floral gifts.
Over the course of a year, a young child and their dog visit the river with Grandpa to watch the kingfishers. As spring warms into summer and autumn drifts into winter, they see the kingfishers build a nest, raise their babies, and learn to fly.