Audrey Wood

In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.

Jubal Bullfrog wishes for happiness for his animal friends and finds that sometimes wishes come true in an unexpected way.

A rhyming nonsense tale featuring a series of impossible occurrences, such as a bald-headed baby with hair hanging over its eyes and an egg-laying rooster.

A cumulative tale in which a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion with just one bite.

Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.

Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.

Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself.

As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...