Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

Like all dogs, Bob likes breakfast, takes rides in the family car and digs for bones. He's just like any other dog, except for a few quirks.

"Amelia Bedelia loves her school. Her whole class gets along--except when it rains. Then they split into two groups--the Puddle Jumpers and the Puddle Stompers. Both clubs ask Amelia Bedelia to join, but she doesn't want to choose between her friends. Luckily, Amelia Bedelia finds a solution that makes a big splash with everyone"--

After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.

"A perfect day means different things to different animals in Bert's backyard"--Provided by publisher.

A little boy out for a walk with his family stops to show a building doorman his new "bot": "I have a bot!" Only he doesn't have it for long, because it floats up out of his hands like an escaped balloon. "Stop! Bot!" Springing to action, the kind doorman runs up to each floor of the building to try and catch it -- along with the help of each floor's resident. But while everything looks normal at first, every floor (and resident) is a little more...