Jan Ormerod

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

Touring the zoo, two children pet, ride, and observe a variety of animals.

"In Aesop's 'The Lion and the Mouse' Lion spares the life of the little mouse never thinking that one day the mouse might save his life. In the Tibetan fables 'The Hare's Revenge' Hare is fed up with the bullying Lion and finds a way to outwit him." --Provided by publisher.

Baby and cat have a lot of fun playing with a saucepan.

Sylvie gets to attend ballet school, just like her big sister.

A young girl engages in a midnight romp with pillows from around the house.

A very busy family engages in such activities as school, soccer, piano playing, and cooking.

After visiting the farm, the children in Ms MacDonald's class learn to move and look and sound very different while preparing to present the performance of a lifetime.

As her parents attempt to help a child fall asleep at bedtime, they themselves become more and more sleepy.

A girl feeds, plays with, and admires her kitten, who will some day become a grown-up cat, a "sit-upon-my-lap cat."