A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.

A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.

A household of unusual creatures help beginning readers recognize common "household" words.

The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom.

Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises.

Young Mayzie McGrew becomes a sensation when a daisy grows out of the top of her head, and everyone attempts to get rid of it.

Tells, in verse, what happens when all ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three creatures in the world go to sleep.

Each time Bartholomew Cubbins attempts to obey the King's order to take off his hat, he finds there is another one on his head.

Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.