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?

“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 . . .

Frizzle was a fire dog. He loved riding on the fire truck, but he was frightened of the angry flamesand puffy smoke. One day, the fire truck went off without him, but Frizzle wasn’t staying behind. Hewas a fire dog. Wasn’t he?

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?

Isabella Buckarella was a princess. She lived in a beautiful, big palace with her father, the King. The King wanted Isabella to wear a silly frilly dress, a silly frilly coat, and snappy strappy shoes. But Isabella liked to wear raggy baggy pants, a raggy taggy shirt, and flippy floppy shoes. And she liked to go looking for worms.

One day, Molly Moo Loo saw a gate open, and she thought to herself, “I need to have an adventure.” So out the gate she went. When the big black bull saw Molly Moo Loo, he wanted to go, too. And so did the long-legged horse and a bunch of woolly sheep. None of them knew where they were going, except Molly Moo Loo. She was having an adventure.

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!

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?

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 …

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!

Squitty Fish lived deep down under the sea, where it is dark as night, and scary creatures drift about. The scariest creature of all was the ugly orange octopus. Can Squitty Fish stay out of his way?

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