A collection of rhyming tales, featuring whimsical animals with unusual problems: a dragon whose flame is too hot, a rhinoceros who wants to fly, a gecko with a strange voice, a lonely elephant, a pig who constantly falls, an alligator who needs a new refrigerator, a turtle's house, and a goose who loves to bite. It also features a girl with too many freckles, and a boy with a loose tooth. Praised by early readers as the most imaginative children's book since Dr. Seuss.