As he encounters animals from A to Z, Alfred learns the letters of the alphabet.

After choosing a husband for his sweet sining voice, a beautiful butterfly mourns the fact that he is swallowed by a fish, until a kings in his underware reunites the two.

A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

Verses describe the bedtime preparations of different kinds of dinosaurs.

Unhappy when her baby sister turns out to be a brother, Beryl schemes with her brother Sam to make the newborn disappear, but Uncle Morty helps by telling stories of the love his big sisters had for him, even when he squirted one with pickle juice and ruined another's doll.

Although he hates their poor poetry, a frog king agrees to let two flattering scoundrels create an outfit for him that will show off his fine, long, strong legs and test the loyalty of his subjects.