Maisy came skipping and tripping out of her house. She was wearing a yellow dress with black stripes and a flouncy, bouncy yellow hat on her head. Suddenly Maisy heard a buzz, buzz, buzzing behind her. Booms-a-daisy, how crazy! Why is that bumblebee following Maisy?
Big Bubba Hippo lives in the Ringting River with Big Papa Hippo and Big Mama Hippo. One day, when Big Bubba doesn’t listen to his mama and his papa, he gets into big trouble!
Beebee was a bear with fuzzy-wuzzy, curly-wurly orange hair. Baxter took Beebee with him everywhere in a grasshopper green backpack. But one day when Baxter and his dad were getting off the bus, the grasshopper green backpack tipped over and Beebee fell out. “Stop!” shouted Baxter. But the bus didn’t stop.
Elephant’s tail flicked. His ears flapped. His trunk quivered and shivered. And then he sneezed. It was such an enormous sneeze, it lifted Crocodile right out of the water and woke Hippo, who was asleep in the sun. Watch out! Here comes another sneeze …
When the moon was hanging in the sky like a giant yellow ball, the night was right for the dinosaur boogie. Dinosaur tails went flick, flick, slap! Dinosaur teeth went snip, snip, snap! Dinosaur legs went jump, jump, thump! Dinosaur bodies went wiggle, wiggle, bump! Wiggle, wiggle, bump! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, bump!
It had been raining for days and days. Owl, who knew everything, said, “The sun has fallen from the sky.” “Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my. The sun has fallen from the sky!” said Parrot and Elephant. So off they went to find the sun
Papa Joe was sitting on his porch, watching kids zooming down the street on tricycles. “What fun,” thought Papa Joe. Then suddenly he leapt up. Papa Joe went scrummaging and rummaging in the tumbling jumble of his shed. Will Papa Joe find what he’s looking for?
Digby watched the red digger making a hole. And he watched the hole getting bigger and bigger. Then Digby went looking for holes. He went dig, dig, dig like the red digger, and he made those holes big, big, bigger. Oh no, Digby!
Mr. Grizzle is grumpy with everything and everyone. He scowls and growls and he huffs and puffs in a grouchy grump. But Beatrix has an idea. She knows what Mr. Grizzle needs
Ruby Blair with the spiky red hair loved her spotty, dotty pajamas. She loved to wear them everywhere! Everyone would stare at Ruby Blair with the spiky red hair. But Ruby Blair didn’t care!
Isabella Buckarella was a princess. She lived in a beautiful, big palace with her father, the King. The King wanted Isabella to wear a silly frilly dress, a silly frilly coat, and snappy strappy shoes. But Isabella liked to wear raggy baggy pants, a raggy taggy shirt, and flippy floppy shoes. And she liked to go looking for worms.
“Mice are not scared,” said Big Mouse. “Mice are big and brave like me.” And Big Mouse puffed himself up so much, he nearly popped out of his skin. But when Big Mouse peeped out of the hole, he saw a fat, furry tail and claws on paws . . .
