A young boy who wishes for the return of dinosaurs imagines how useful they would be.

Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.

A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down.

Take one little hungry girl, six different tempting foods and one shiny delicious red hot chilli. One big bite into the chilli results in a spectacular display of fireforks. Mum, dad, aunt and grandad all come to help but Lima's mouth is still too hot. Who can rescue her?

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.

Although a dog sabotages a boy and his teddy bear's picnic, the picnic still takes place in a different form. Includes suggestions for classroom activities.

Walter lives near the top floor of a tall apartment building, where one night his habit of jumping on his bed leads to a tumultous fall through floor after floor, collecting occupants all the way down.