Laura Joffe Numeroff

One thing leads to another when you give a pig a party.

Chaos might ensue if you were to give a dog a donut.

Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.

Beatrice doesn't like books or libraries until on one forced visit to the library with her brother she discovers the children's room.

When four young girls meet in dance class, it takes time for them to find a way--and a reason--to pull together as one, but Emily helps them realize that, just like a bag of jellybeans, they can be different and still go well together.

If you give a mouse a brownie, he's going to ask for some ice cream to go with it. When you give him the ice cream, he'll probably ask you for a spoon. He'll start drumming on the table. Drumming will get him so excited he ll want to start a band. . . .

A hard working mouse bakes his own cookies in his own little house. You can never have too many cookies because then you have some to share.

The Chicken sisters drive a troublesome wolf home to his mother with their overwhelming eccentricities.