A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him; even if he changes into a fish, she will become a fisherman fishing with a carrot

The classic original Corduroy story, issued in a larger board book format. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.

Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off

When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President

Overview: When Mrs. Rogers leaves Amelia Bedelia alone in the house on her first day of work, anything can happen. And it does! With a list of what is to be done before her, Amelia Bedelia sets about her duties. And no one could possibly accuse her of not following directions - for that is precisely what she does. But when Amelia Bedelia draws the drapes or dresses a chicken, the results are hilariously different than might be expected! Peggy...

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother

The earth celebrates the birth of a new baby in an environmental story that includes factual information on the natural features of the planet, the sun, moon and stars, animals and people.

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

Provides brainteasers to solve in a blackboard scene, hundreds of tiny objects to ponder in a classification puzzle, Rube Goldberg-type contraptions to figure out, and a nature spread that encourages learning through observation.