Bobo the chimp seeks hugs among various jungle animals and their young, but he does not get what he wants until he is reunited with his own parent.

Eddie and his teddy bear meet a very big bear in the woods, and Eddie and the big bear become good friends.

Bobo the chimp would rather play with his jungle friends than go to bed, but when it finally gets dark he finds himself all alone. Can Bobo get home before the sun comes up on another day of play?

Illustrations and just a few words depict how various jungle animals help a very little monkey to feel that he is tall.

Eddie and his mom go into the woods for a picnic and meet a very large, very hungry bear.

When Duck hits the ball into a tree during a friendly game of baseball, he and his animal friends try to work together to get it back.

When, in rhyming text, Duck and his long-suffering friends, Frog, Sheep and Goat, attempt to fly a kite, chaos results. Frog is pulled into the sky as the kite files away and Duck jumps to rescue him.

Tired of being surrounded by a family who cuddles him and wishing only to live alone, Dudley Penguin waddles away from home and encounters something even worse than an affectionate family.

"A collection of very short stories composed entirely of example sentences from various dictionaries, perfect for fans of The Lover's Dictionary and The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? " Dictionary Stories brings to literature the spirit of the musical mashup, digging in the crates to find old hooks and arrange them into new delights with an appeal that's not merely academic but truly pop. This kind of work reminds us: it's all there, love and disappointment...

A young chimpanzee preparing for bedtime learns to say "Yes" when things suit him and "No" when they do not.