William Steig

Letters and numbers are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences 4 u 2 figure out with the aid of illustrations.

Leonard penetrates the mysterious Zabajaba Jungle where odd adventures await him, from carnivorous flowers to a petrified monster.

One day, as fate would have it, Zeke Pippin moseys outside, finds a harmonica in the street, and is soon regaling his family with the prelude to La Traviata. But when his mother, father, sister, and brother promptly fall asleep, Zeke wonders how he can "go on living with such nincompoops" -- and runs away from home. After several other would-be music lovers pass out when he starts to play, Zeke concludes that his harmonica has magical powers, and...

While on a picnic with his parents, Toby makes a simple event a grand adventure as he pretends to be an array of wild animals, including a bat, an owl, and a turtle.

Befriended by a whale as he is drowning in the ocean, a mouse gets a chance to reciprocate years later in an equally unlikely situation.

Contains six previously published stories by William Steig.

Two children play a game with a rabbit, who gives them choices he pulls out of his hat.

Toby loves hiding from his parents, but when he begins to think they will never find him, he just can't stand it.

Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

The unusual ability to turn himself into a rusty nail at will leads a young rabbit into serious trouble when he's waylaid by a one-eyed cat who intends to have him for dinner.