“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?

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?

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?

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?

Grandpa Grundy loved jellybeans. Every time he plopped one in his mouth, he patted his wiggly, jiggly tummy and said, “Yum! Yum, yum, yummy!” One night, only one jellybean was left in the jellybean jar.“Well, pop my buttons,” said Grandpa Grundy. “One jellybean! I can’t eat that.” Then Grandpa Grundy got a fantastic idea . . .

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.

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!