Anansi the trickster spider joins Turtle on a fishing trip, intending to trick Turtle out of all his fish. However, Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.

A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk. A tricky spider outwits all the other animals in this African folk tale.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs: Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse. Pickles to Pittsburgh: Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her. This is the sequel to Cloudy with...

An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hairtries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop.