A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

A crazy story in verse in which a series of unusually-named creatures (some of which are fish)--Nook, Womp, Yink, Yap, Gack and the Zeds--run into equally-zany situations. Fabulously easy words, exciting pictures, and inviting rhythm!

When a small boy graduates from his little pony to a big horse, the pony is sad until the time comes when he is able to do something the big horse cannot do.

Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.".

A boy imagines what it would be like if he had such things as duck feet, a whale spout, and an elephant's trunk.

The bear family goes to the seaside for its vacation and Dad tries to teach his son the rules of water safety.

Even though they do things very differently, friends Fred and Ted enjoy going camping together in the woods.

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?".