Laura Joffe Numeroff

Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.

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.

A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.

A mouse concocts a batch of cookies in his little house in a tree trunk, sets them in the oven, and then dozes off, with worrisome consequences.

When four friends with different talents and abilities go to summer camp together, they use their strengths to make camp fun for all.

The Jelly Beans--four friends who like to do such different things as paint, play soccer, read, and dance--paint a mural on an outside wall of Mrs. Petunia Dinkley-Sneezer's candy shop that depicts them each doing what they love best.

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. . . .

Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show their love for their children in very similar ways.

Illustrations and brief text describe all the things that daddies do for their children, most importantly giving them lots of love.