“Mice are not scared,” said Big Mouse. “Mice are big and brave like me.” And Big Mouse puffed himself up so much, he nearly popped out of his skin. But when Big Mouse peeped out of the hole, he saw a fat, furry tail and claws on paws . . .

Granny McQueen loved popcorn. She loved it so much, she bought a popcorn machine. Now she could make more popcorn when she wanted. But one day, Granny McQueen pulled the lever on her popcorn machine all the way down. Oh no, Granny McQueen, what have you done?

Uncle Wunkle was coming to stay. “Miggle Mouse will have to stay in her cage. Uncle Wunkle doesn’t like mice,” said Mrs. Moggle. But that night, Miggle Mouse squeezed out of her cage and into Uncle Wunkle’s room! “There is a mouse in this house,” said Uncle Wunkle. “I will catch it tomorrow in a snap-snap trap!” Oh, no! Look out, Miggle Mouse!

Elephant’s tail flicked. His ears flapped. His trunk quivered and shivered. And then he sneezed. It was such an enormous sneeze, it lifted Crocodile right out of the water and woke Hippo, who was asleep in the sun. Watch out! Here comes another sneeze …

Ziggy bought a new car. It was a jungle green jalopy. Carlo said it was a ratty, rusty, rowdy, car, but Ziggy thought it was a hippy, hoppy, happy car. Ziggy went chugging around town, but her jungle green jalopy went wibble, wibble, wobble all by itself, and sometimes it made other noises!

An enormous yellow cloud of bees came swarming over Mickey McFee’s house. The Bee Catchers came in their white bee suits . . . but how would they catch all those bees?

It had been raining for days and days. Owl, who knew everything, said, “The sun has fallen from the sky.” “Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my. The sun has fallen from the sky!” said Parrot and Elephant. So off they went to find the sun

Digby watched the red digger making a hole. And he watched the hole getting bigger and bigger. Then Digby went looking for holes. He went dig, dig, dig like the red digger, and he made those holes big, big, bigger. Oh no, Digby!

Papa Joe was sitting on his porch, watching kids zooming down the street on tricycles. “What fun,” thought Papa Joe. Then suddenly he leapt up. Papa Joe went scrummaging and rummaging in the tumbling jumble of his shed. Will Papa Joe find what he’s looking for?

Maisy came skipping and tripping out of her house. She was wearing a yellow dress with black stripes and a flouncy, bouncy yellow hat on her head. Suddenly Maisy heard a buzz, buzz, buzzing behind her. Booms-a-daisy, how crazy! Why is that bumblebee following Maisy?

Ruby Blair with the spiky red hair loved her spotty, dotty pajamas. She loved to wear them everywhere! Everyone would stare at Ruby Blair with the spiky red hair. But Ruby Blair didn’t care!

Mr. Grizzle is grumpy with everything and everyone. He scowls and growls and he huffs and puffs in a grouchy grump. But Beatrix has an idea. She knows what Mr. Grizzle needs