A collection of picture book stories by such authors as Ludwig Bemelmans, Ezra Jack Keats, and Maurice Sendak.

Madeline / Ludwig Bemelmans -- Chicka chicka boom boom / Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault -- Swimmy / Leo Lionni -- A chair for my mother / Vera B. Williams -- Goodnight moon / Margaret Wise Brown -- Snowy day / Ezra Jack Keats -- "The letter" from Frog and Toad are friends / Arnold Lobel -- Freight train / Donald Crews -- Make way for ducklings / Robert McCloskey -- A million fish ... more or less / Patricia C. McKissack -- A boy, a dog and a frog / Mercer Mayer -- Millions of cats / Wanda Gag -- Guess how much I love you / Sam McBratney -- Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day / Judith Viorst -- Curious George / H.A. Rey -- I hear, I see, I touch / Helen Oxenbury -- Miss Nelson is missing! / Harry Allard -- Titch / Pat Hutchins -- Where the wild things are / Maurice Sendak -- "The cat club" from Jenny and the cat club / Esther Averill -- Sylvester and the magic pebble / William Steig -- Good night, gorilla / Peggy Rathmann -- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel / Virginia Lee Burton -- Stevie / John Steptoe -- The Tub peopl / Pam Conrad -- "In which Pooh goes visitng and gers into a tight place" from Winnie-the-Pooh / A.A. Milne -- Bedtime for Frances / Russell Hoban -- "The stinky cheese man" from The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales / Jon Scieszka -- The story of Babar / Jean de Brunhoff -- The Berenstain Bears and the spooky old tree / Stan and Jan Berestain -- "The elves in the shelves" from A necklace of raindrops / Joan Aiken -- Ten, nine, eight / Molly Bang -- Stellaluna / Janell Cannon -- D. W. the picky eater / Marc Brown -- Petunia / Roger Duvoisin -- First tomato / Rosemary Wells -- Amelia Bedelia / Peggy Parish -- I am a bunny / Ole Risom -- Harry the dirty dog / Gene Zion -- Whose mouse are you? / Robert Kraus -- Owen / Kevin Henkes -- The story of Ferdinand / Munro Leaf -- "The Sneetches" from The Sneetches and other stories / Dr. Seuss -- The story of Little Babaji / Helen Bannerman.