Carole Lexa Schaefer

"Monkey and Elephant are very good friends who have a lot in common. They both like morning time. They both like shiny rocks. And they both like to hear their own voices: "TAH. TAH. TAH." But Monkey is Monkey and Elephant is Elephant. They are not exactly the same. So when Elephant starts to sneeze--achoo!--Monkey has her own ideas of what will make him feel better. And when Monkey gets the sniffles, Elephant has his own ideas of what will make her...

When Monkey confides to Elephant that today is his birthday, elephant decides to turn Clever Rat's get together into a surprise birthday party for his friend.

Beeper and Honk have fun bumping each other with bumper cars.

All around the world, children on their grandmothers' farms listen to the chickens cluck in their own languages.

Monkey and Elephant are very good friends, very good friends who look too nice to just stay at home. So they decide to go gadding. "Gadding?" said Elephant. "What's that?" "Gadding," said Monkey, "is walking along, looking around, finding something fun, stopping awhile, then moving on." Along the way, Monkey and Elephant meet up with some old friends, and three new ones, too. You never know what fun surprises you'll discover when you decide to go...

When their mothers announce that it is bedtime, the baby animals of the forest express their objections; but when wise old Grandma Owl hoots that it's storytime, they respond differently.

As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a piece of string which her imagination turns into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and more.

Beeper the alien has fun with friends, playing music, having a surprise, wearing silly clothes, and riding bumper cars.

After a hot day on the African savannah, the animals begin to move and make sounds in the cool air of evening.