Russell Ayto

Mr and Mrs Homeowner have a mouse in their house, and they want it gone. Mr Bosh - big chief mouse-catcher, and Mr Bumble - assistant mouse-catcher (wearing shoes that squeak like a mouse) arrive on the scene. They try all the old tricks: setting a trap, bringing in a (big!) cat, inviting an elephant round... but the mouse is always one step ahead.

"Neo lives next to the ocean, where there's a big plastic pollution problem. But Neo doesn't notice. He's too busy playing video games. One day, though, Neo's sea creature neighbors keep interrupting, pleading with him to help clean up the plastic that's ruining their home. Finally, to get them to go away, Neo agrees to check it out. He suddenly realizes the scope of the problem outside his door--one that's too big for him to handle on his own!"--publisher's...

Young Henry persuades his school principal and his father to let him go on an expedition to find a yeti, provided he brings back proof and does not stay up too late.

Animal noises are introduced in this humorous story about a small child who refuses to feed his bread crumbs to the birds at the park.

When Flinn enters the classroom art closet for supplies, his imagination sends him on a high-seas adventure filled with pirates, dinosaurs, mystery, and swordfights.

A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success.

Mrs. Potter keeps everything perfectly clean, except for her baby daughter Ermajean, who delights in being so messy that she seems to turn into a pig.

Although her baby hatched from an egg and looks suspiciously like a chick, Marjorie the cow proudly enters her in the "beautiful baby cow" contest.

Sam's sheep must find a way to keep him awake long enough to count them, so that he will not open the door to let in what he thinks is a stray sheep, but might be an enemy in disguise.

A retelling of the misadventures of Lazy Jack who can never do anything right, but people find his mishaps so funny that they employ him anyway.