West, Colin

While spending summer vacation on Uncle Pat and Auntie Pat's financially-strapped farm, a child finds a way to generate more income after consulting the wishing well.

Cousin Jenny arrives with an arsenal of practical jokes.

While sailing in his tin bathtub, Toby encounters a lonely giant who is seeking the sound that will awaken the inhabitants of the island he guards.

A mischievous monkey causes trouble for all the other animals in the jungle but denies it to the end.

Contains two stories about the outdoorsy Moose and intellectual Mouse--good friends in spite of their obvious differences.

Starting with a butterfly, each successive animal sneezes louder until the elephant blows away the jungle.

A cumulative tale relating how the king of Kennelwick castle receives a mysterious bundle from the Queen of Spain for his birthday present.

A lobster has a great time scaring his fellow ocean-dwellers with threats of a shark and notices too late that he is the one about to be caught.

Starting with ten little crocodiles clustered around a table, the reader counts down from ten to one as a crocodile is taken away in each picture.

Unable to find a dentist for the king's toothache, Nurse Mary tries a baker, a town crier, and a sailor before the poor man gets relilef.