Helen Oxenbury

Illustrations of various things accompanied by appropriate labels introduce the letters of the alphabet.

Tom and his toy monkey, Pippo, go out for a walk and fall into a mud puddle.

Tom likes his father to read to him and his toy monkey, Pippo, but when his father gets tired Tom "reads" to Pippo himself.

Because his toy monkey Pippo keeps falling off the back of his bike, Tom envies Stephanie for having a big new bike with a passenger seat at the back.

When they find a treasure chest in the orchard, two discontented pigs abandon their rural paradise for what they think will be the pleasures of a more luxurious life.

Mommy takes Tom and his toy monkey Pippo on a shopping trip.