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Small for his age, Wallace always wears a fireman's hat so he won't be lost in a crowd, but when his legs start growing out of proportion to his body, his mother is told by old Nanny Heppleweather that the hat must come off.

Molly likes her tadpoles better than her baby brother Davey but admires Davey's growth over a period of several months and compares it to the development of her tadpoles. Includes instructions for caring for tadpoles.

A baby kangaroo takes his first tentative hops outside of his mama's pouch, meeting other creatures and growing bolder each time.

A child finds that learning to have self control is hard, but it can also be fun.

The lives of a baby jaybird, a young girl, a kitten, and a small squirrel intersect as they venture out into the world.

When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one.

Poses rhyming questions about what grows and what does not.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe how a child grows from ages one through six.

Peter is a spotty piglet who doesn't like his spots.

Follows a person's journey through life, focusing on the hands and what they do, from babyhood to adulthood when a new pair of hands comes into existence.