South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines.

Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. There are people from so many different cultures! They all like to say hello too, so now Carmelita can say hello in Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and many other languages. And her dog, Manny? Well, he seems to understand everyone, and gives a happy "Woof!" wherever he goes.

In a village on the African plains, a little girl stalls bedtime by saying good night to various animals and objects.

A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day. On board pages.

A favorite children's song, "The Green Grass Grew All Around," becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife.

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by illustrations in a pop art style.

"A diverse group of young children explore all the joys of having a dog"--

As she looks for her grandfather backstage, Lili sees some of the different people involved in putting on a ballet performance.

Lili dreams of becoming a ballerina and goes to her ballet lesson four times a week.

Only by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds can a girl prove she is a real princess.