Janet Stevens

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess.

With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

Tired of hearing Dog yipping at chairs and trying to round up rugs, Bird tells him to go to the country to find a cow, but this is one cattle dog who does not know a cow when he sees one.

A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.

Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

Merl the cat has a perfect home until the arrival of a puppy. Merl the cat's pampered life is turned upside down when a golden retriever puppy moves into the house. With hilarious illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Janet Stevens, My Big Dog is perfect for story time! Merl the cat's pampered life is turned upside down when a golden retriever puppy moves into the house. With hilarious illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Janet Stevens, My Big...

Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

Starting with the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at market, this tale goes on to describe a series of unruly animals that run amok, evading capture and preventing the narrator from cooking lunch.