A musical, animal Christmas parade fills each page, complete with chickens with bassoons, ducks with trombones, mice with piccolos, and a tiny bird with a large tuba.

George's curiosity creates chaos at a holiday parade.

Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Once a year on Elmer's Day, all the elephants decorate themselves and have a parade, and this year Elmer comes up with a plan to include the other animals as well as the elephants.

When the town celebrates its 100th birthday, Clifford wants to be involved in the festivities, but as usual his efforts go awry.

Illustrations and brief text present the various elements of a parade--the spectators, street vendors, marchers, bands, floats, and the cleanup afterwards.

"The Letter of the Month Club": Telly receives a letter from Seth, but the letters are too big and too loud to read. "Furry Red Monster Parade": Elmo marches in his very own parade through Sesame Street, but none of his friend are monsters and they're not furry!

As the owner of Mrs. Claus's Treasures, Merry Wilkinson knows how to decorate homes for the holidays. That's why she thinks her float in the semi-annual Santa Claus parade is a shoe-in for best in show. But when the tractor pulling Merry's float is sabotaged, she has to face facts: there's a Scrooge in Christmas Town. Merry isn't ready to point fingers, especially with a journalist in town writing a puff piece about Rudolph's Christmas spirit. But...

Easy rhyming text describes a parade celebrating each month of the year, followed by information about different calendars, the months, and how to make one's own calendar.

Because her three sons are sick, Grandma drives the garbage truck on the Fourth of July, ending up with an award in the big parade.