A little kitten gets lost and his mother and cousin find him made up into a roly-poly pudding.

While the dolls are away two curious naughty mice explore the dolls' house and steal their furniture.

A cat named Miss Moppet teases a mouse and receives a surprise.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.

A small boy describes the activities that accompany chicken soup with rice in each month of the year.

Tilly has an exhausting day when an enormous white bear, which no-one else can see, comes to live with her.

When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled, but as they continue to receive one penguin each day their problems--and food budget, and storage issues--are multiplied.

Presents eight books by author and illustrator of children's books, Tomi Ungerer.