Bob Shea

Dinosaur keeps insisting that he doesn't need to use the potty, as he makes lemonade, splashes in the sprinkler, and eats a three-juice-box lunch, until his victory dance makes him change his mind.

A boastful shark is not afraid of anything, which impresses his underwater friends until they ask about spiders.

An overly confident cheetah challenges a pack of clever kittens to a race.

Concerned about losing friends during the first week of school, Unicorn upgrades his fabulousness.

"A lazy alligator comes up with a plan to lure his prey by opening up a restaurant for birds--until he realizes that birds are even better as friends"--

The Toad brothers are wreaking havoc in Drywater Gulch when a boy with no experience but immense knowledge of dinosaurs rides into town on his tortoise and declares himself the new sheriff.

When Reuben the bear brings doughnuts to his forest friends, they discover that his pants are wet and he angrily accuses them of the dirty deed.

"With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups'...

Ballet Cat and her friend Butter Bear have practiced a dance to perform for an audience, but Butter Bear will need a lot of encouragement to try the super high leaps.

Dinosaur spends a day "helping" his mother, from the time he roars to awaken her until their final contest at bedtime.