As various animals perform in a show, the reader is encouraged to imitate their movements.

"Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children can't wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflow -- then snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry"--

A little boy wants to be a dinosaur but when a big T-Rex shows up to teach him how to roar and stomp he finds out dinosaurs are not so great at soccer or video games so maybe being a little boy is not at all bad.

Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.

While playing outside on a rainy day, a little girl peers into a puddle and sees Mudkin, who invites her to become his queen.

Kitten likes to explore, pretend and get into trouble.

Reprises an old rhyme while chronicling the busy day of an imaginative and active little boy.

A little boy who loves pushing buttons of all kinds ends up with such a sore finger that he must play with other things.

Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."

When a stream of rainwater carries Levi's boat to where Polly is playing, she starts a puddle fight but as the water begins to disappear, they must work together to prolong their fun.