Walter Mayes

A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Children will be delighted as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise. With delicious illustrations, wacky text and a spectacular finale, this is a colorful and comic extravaganza.

The familiar story of The 3 Little Pigs is retold from the wolf's point of view. The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. In "A duck on a bike" from Sheep to Horse to Chicken to Goat ... everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck's zany idea. But what are they really thinking? And what will happen next? In "Crictor", an affectionate and quick-thinking boa constrictor...

Presents four animated stories that support humor, problem solving, and friendship, including Rebecca and Ed Emberley's "Chicken Little;" Margaret Mahy and Jonathan Allen's "The Great White Man-Eating Shark" and "The Three-Legged Cat;" and Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's "Dooby Dooby Moo."

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way. You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but you've never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration brings us a bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale, as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into...

"Walter Mayes is just the narrator for the job...Young listeners will return again and again to this satisfying listening package." - AudioFile In this sparkling version of a classic tale, Red Hen finds a recipe for a Simply Splendid Cake and asks her friends the cat, the rat, and the frog to help with the preparations. But it seems as though her friends want no part in the cake until it's ready to eat. Will they decide to pitch in, or let Red Hen...

Stories include: The Story About Ping; The Most Wonderful Egg in the World; Goose; Duck on a Bike; and Rosie's Walk.