Bob Shea

Ballet Cat and her cousin, Goat, try to outdo one another while putting on show for their grandmother.

Dinosaur spends a day "helping" his mother, from the time he roars to awaken her until their final contest at bedtime.

When Reuben the bear brings doughnuts to his forest friends, they discover that his pants are wet and he angrily accuses them of the dirty deed.

Dinosaur is going to one of his favorite places, the library, and on the way he encounters a series of animals, including a cow, baby chicks, a turtle, and an owl, and shares his roars with each.

"This book wants to be the happiest book ever, and it has lined up all its friends--including you--to help! But wait--what's up with that frowny frog?"--

"With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups'...

Concerned about losing friends during the first week of school, Unicorn upgrades his fabulousness.

Envy turns to admiration and finally to friendship for Goat and Unicorn.

Follows, in rhymed text and illustrations, a young rabbit's adventures on the way to bed.

"A lazy alligator comes up with a plan to lure his prey by opening up a restaurant for birds--until he realizes that birds are even better as friends"--