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."

Suggests in rhyme a number of ways for Marvin K. Mooney to travel as long as he gets going--now!

Minneapolis Simpkin is not allowed to have a pet, so she finds the most unusual replacement.

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots. Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything ... except baths. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots....

A young girl describes her enormous dog.

A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly.

Recounts the antics of big, lovable Clifford when he was a very small puppy.

Dragon finds a fat cat in the snow outside his house, brings it inside, and soon has a family.

A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. Will the firefly ever find its friends?