Delight in this humorous version of an old favorite. Offbeat illustrations accompany the lively language in this story which begins when lazy Jack trades a cow for beans without instructions and ends as the giant is flipped off the stalk into outer space.

H is for hippo hiccuping and O is for an oinker's opera in this childlike ABC. Original artwork is provided by Puddle as he helps Otto, the tortoise, learn to spell his name.

Ruby counts while Max helps the toys into their seats for Grandma's birthday party. The Jellyball Shooter Spider, the Ear-Splitter Space Cadet and the Can't-Sit-Up Slug, three disguised uninvited guests, show up in spite of Ruby's protests.

One duck gets stuck in the muck. Two fish have no luck getting duck unstuck. Neither do three moose, four crickets, five frogs…until finally SPLUCK! the duck comes unstuck and gets out of the muck.

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When frog goes out to explore the big wide world he's lucky to have dragonfly to keep him out of trouble. "Quick! One, two, three jump!"