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.

Pippo the toy monkey gets washed in the washing machine after playing in the mud with Tom.

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

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.