Russell Ayto

Hatching out of a little egg, a mysterious baby creature searches for his absent family and elusive home while learning astonishing things about who and what he really is.

What were the dinosaurs like when they were alive? Dave and Dad are about to find out! Dad takes Dave to the museum. As they walk through the dinosaur exhibit, Dave tries to get his father's attention. Why is this one grinning and why is that one interested in Dave's lunch? But Dad is too busy telling Dave all there is to know about these amazing creatures to notice that they've sprung to life! Dave gets the feeling that Dad has one terribly important...

Although her baby hatched from an egg and looks suspiciously like a chick, Marjorie the cow proudly enters her in the "beautiful baby cow" contest.

While Miss Wait reads a story to the class, Tim imagines that he and his stuffed animal Ted go on an adventure and meet pirates.

A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success.

Mrs. Potter keeps everything perfectly clean, except for her baby daughter Ermajean, who delights in being so messy that she seems to turn into a pig.

When Little Wolf cannot fall asleep, he decides that he needs a teddy bear and goes into the woods to see if he can find out where to get one.