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
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
“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 . . .
One day, Molly Moo Loo saw a gate open, and she thought to herself, “I need to have an adventure.” So out the gate she went. When the big black bull saw Molly Moo Loo, he wanted to go, too. And so did the long-legged horse and a bunch of woolly sheep. None of them knew where they were going, except Molly Moo Loo. She was having an adventure.
Squitty Fish lived deep down under the sea, where it is dark as night, and scary creatures drift about. The scariest creature of all was the ugly orange octopus. Can Squitty Fish stay out of his way?
Uncle Wunkle was coming to stay. “Miggle Mouse will have to stay in her cage. Uncle Wunkle doesn’t like mice,” said Mrs. Moggle. But that night, Miggle Mouse squeezed out of her cage and into Uncle Wunkle’s room! “There is a mouse in this house,” said Uncle Wunkle. “I will catch it tomorrow in a snap-snap trap!” Oh, no! Look out, Miggle Mouse!
