During her bath a young girl takes an imaginary ocean voyage to a tropical island.

As your bath water drains down the plughole, that slurping sound is the Bath Monster-dirty bath water is his SECOND favourite food. No one wants to find out what his FIRST is ... until Jackson decides he doesn't believe in the Bath Monster any more, and he is never going to have a bath again. Starving, the Bath Monster comes to see Jackson and it turns out his FIRST favourite food is ... not little kids, but mud pies!

Rhyming text describes the fun a set of twins has when they take their bath.

Explores ways in which a variety of animals--such as mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds--stay clean; and includes information on morphology.

The Rubbadubbers describe some of the things that make bath time fun.

Hopscotch the rabbit refuses to wash his ears until his older cousin comes to visit, and he learns something about being grown up.

"Nat the Cat must take a bath. But first, he wants his toys. Then he won't get in the tub without bubbles. And of course, he'll need a towel. As Nat the Cat keeps coming up with excuses to not get in the bath, the narrator can't help but wonder if he's hiding something--like a fear of water"--

Sammy's mother tells him to forget about adventures and get cleaned up for his grandmother's visit, but the new bathtub Sammy's father brought home seems determined to have an adventure of its own.

A whimsical rhyming picture book reveals the way familiar animals, from elephants and pigs to monkeys and hippos, take baths, and how human children do not take baths by sinking in mud, thrashing about in dust or licking themselves clean.