"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."

When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.

Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded. Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

Clifford begins life as a very small red puppy, but once he starts growing into a very large red dog there seems no limit to his potential size.

The mere sneeze of a bug triggers a chain reaction involving, among others, cows, turtles, policemen, and an entire circus parade.

When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad. From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Boing! comes the riotous story of a cat gone berserk; four times over and in alphabetical order each time. Kitty is not happy when she's told that her favorite foods are all gone and all that's left are asparagus, beets, cauliflower, dill, and 22 other equally unappealing vegetables. So she ate my homework,...

A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

A little boy ponders the many possible jobs in his future, from paper-plane folder and puppy-dog holder to mixing-bowl licker and tin-can kicker.

Noses are interesting and serve many purposes, including the one of holding up glasses.

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.