Ernest V Troost

When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming little boy in the forest. When she brings him home, her mother cautions her "children make terrible pets." All the world: The story follows a circle of family and friends over the course of a day and shows the importance of all things great and small in our world. Crow call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war far longer than she can remember begin their journey to reconnect. Elizabeti's...

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.

Presents the story of a boy who writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Harry runs away before bath time. When he returns home covered in mud, his family doesn't recognize him.

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up" until their substitute teacher, Miss Viola Swamp, arrives.

Is your mama a Llama?: Lloyd the llama is looking for his mama. Happy birthday, moon: Bear decides to give his friend the moon a birthday present. Changes, changes: Two enterprising wooden dolls solve a series of problems by arranging a set of wooden blocks. Cat & canary: Cat's unlikely friend Canary shows him the greatest time when his master is away at work.

Good night, gorilla: The zookeeper makes his nightly rounds but never suspects that someone is making mischief along the way. How do dinosaurs say good night: Even dinosaurs make a fuss before bedtime. Happy birthday, moon: Little bear and the moon wish each other happy birthday. Napping house: Granny and all her critters pile on her bed for a nap.

Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait--how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream.