"Chaos ensues when a child imagines a zoo filled with animals doing the unusual and the unlikely"--

"Chester Raccoon goes to his first sleepover and enjoys a day of fun and games with his friends. But when it is time to go to sleep, Chester feels his mother's love through his Kissing Hand, but still misses his home. Chester goes home and Mrs. Raccoon assures him he came home at just the right time"--

Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.

Little Hedgehog gets his house ready for Christmas, but must make a mad dash in the cold and dark to find presents for his friends.

EARLY LEARNING: NUMBERS & COUNTING. Eric Carle s beloved tale, "Rooster s Off to See the World, " now comes with a CD narrated by award-winning actor Stanley Tucci! Rooster has gotten tired of living on the farm, so one sunny day he decides that he wants to travel and see the world. But Rooster is feeling a bit lonely on his outing. So when he meets two cats, he invites them to come along. And then he meets three frogs, four turtles, and five fish...

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn, they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. One track has page-turn signals.

Tudley is a turtle who adopts the habits of other animals because he doesn't know he can't do what he does.

Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.

Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.

"The forest is inviting you to come and visit. The poems in this book, intimate and lighthearted, will take you there."--Front jacket flap.