Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games.

Sam the owl and Gus the firefly have fun playing together at night until Gus begins to make mischief with his light.

Sam-I-am tries to persuade the character in the top hat to try green eggs and ham.

A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.

Robert the horse has a terrible time with roses. Every time he smells one he sneezes, and every time he sneezes children everywhere laugh.

A lively alphabet book filled with funny, happy creatures.

Papa Bear keeps getting into trouble when he tries to show Junior how to ride a bike.

Scorned by his new dog friends because he never learned to dig, Duke suddenly discovers his inherent dog talent and turns the countryside into a series of ruts and holes.

When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird! Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets...

Relates in verse some of the unusual thinks you can think if only you try. A mad outpouring of made-up words, and intriguing ideas.