A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.

If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.

In Dr. Seuss' first book for older people, this tale in the familiar Seuss format depicts aging and what life is like for "obsolete children"

Includes three humorous stories in verse: Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag.

When the King's stilts are stolen and hidden, and he can no longer enjoy his play hour, the whole kingdom is threatened with destruction until a page boy bravely saves the day.

"Gerald is a small boy who speaks in BIG sounds instead of words. (Think "HONK!" "BOING BOING!" and "CLANG CLANG CLANG!") Unhappy at home and in school, he feels alone in the world until he is discovered by the owner of a radio station in search of sound effects! And Gerald McCloy is sent home from school because he can only speak in sounds and not in words. An ideal choice for celebrating the quirks that make each of us unique, Gerald is a funny...

One bug atop Thidwick's antlers is bearable, but 11 animals and 362 bees are too much, but Mother Nature solves the problem.

The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom.