Max and his older brother Pete learn about stars, planets, and galaxies when their father takes them to an astronomical observatory.

A sister explains to her new baby brother the excitement and activities surrounding a trip to Grandma's and Grandpa's house.

Tired of being one of three look-alike sisters that no one can tell apart, Daffodil puts on a papier mâché crocodile head and has her own individual adventures.

Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work.

A bird, a monkey, and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking for a new home, encountering various jungle animals on the way. Features rebuses, which are identified with labels in the margins of the pages.

The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song.