Jane Belk Moncure

Word Bird plays hide-and-seek with his parents in their house.

Over the course of a week, Word Bird tries on hats representing different occupations and assembles the tools he would need for each job.

Word Bird makes objects of various shapes while playing with his toys.

Word Bird goes for a walk in the country with his father and asks a lot of questions about what he sees.

Word Bird and his friend Dog make up a variety of words. Each word that they make up leads them into a new activity.

On a rainy day Word Bird makes up words with his friend Duck, and each word that they make up leads them into a new activity.

Word Bird puts words about summer in his word house--swimming pool, seashells, boat, fireworks, lemonade, parade, and others.

Word Bird puts words about winter in his word house--snow, mittens, sled, icicles, Santa Claus, and others.

Little Bear's tiny snowball turns into such a large snowball as it rolls down the hill that she and her animal friends decide to use it to make a snowbear.

Word Bird learns about the twelve months of the year as he tries to figure out when his birthday will be.