Pat Hutchins

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Little Titch plants a little seed that begins to grow and grow; meanwhile, his brother Pete and sister Mary are big.

Hazel sets out to prove that she, not her baby brother, is the worst monster anywhere.

Sam is still too little to reach the light switch, the bathroom taps, and his clothes hangers, but his grandfather's birthday present makes him feel that he is finally tall enough.

Rabbit's secret message gets all mixed up as the animals whisper it to each other. Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal it gets more and more confused.

Hen, Duck, and Goose go on a picnic but have trouble deciding where to stop and eat.

The animals ask each other what game they should play, but only Owl has an answer.

The tables turn at last for Titch, who has been inheriting his older siblings' outgrown clothes.

Titch helps his older brother and sister clean their rooms.

Although Ella and Emily look alike, their choices of food, games, and colors at a birthday party help the reader tell them apart.