When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.

Told in rhyming text, Pig the pug spreads destruction wherever he travels, creating complete chaos wrecking parties and parades until finally the locals unite to tell him to go away--but Pig never really learns his lesson and remains a bad traveling companion to this day.

When "dust bunnies" grow under the bed, a child sweeps, mops, and dusts in an effort to chase them away.

A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls off a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.

Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

Louie becomes angry when the story in which he appears is ruined by messes from jelly, peanut butter, and other things that do not belong in books.

An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does.

Sticky children playfully spread their stickiness around until bathtime changes everything. Do you . . . eat with sticky fingers and slurp tea-party tea? Can you . . . make a goopy mud cake and sticky cards with glue? Then this book is for you!

A young boy who thinks baths are dumb, dangerous, and a complete waste of time changes his mind after finally getting into the tub with his toy boat.

Bessey finally cleans up her messy room.