In the small, small pond

Written and illustrated by Denise Fleming

1993 Henry Holt and Company, Inc. 

Bright colored illustrations and rhyming text teach children about the wildlife living around a pond.  A 1994 Caldecott Honor book that follows a frog around the busy life of geese, turtles, ducks, minnows, and peeks in on a raccoon and muskrat until winter comes and all the life around the pond tuck away for the winter.