A young girl imagines all the things she will enjoy as a princess, until she learns that princesses do not go outside and play in the mud.

Sam lines up blocks, books, boots, cars, and other objects, all the way from his room to his mother in the kitchen.

Saturdays are dress-up days when Eleanor Sue climbs out the window ... tiptoes over to the front door ... and rings the doorbell. When her mother answers, she doesn't see Eleanor Sue. She sees a cranky old neighbor. Or a hungry witch. Or a white-bearded wizard. Eleanor Sue is a master of disguise, but when her mother gets in on the act, along with Grandma, anything can happen.--

When Lulu invites her friends from the Bug Squad--all dressed up as insects--to come over for a play date, she wants everything to go just as she has planned.

Bert has problems getting his mother's chrysanthemum to the flower show.

A child and adult, a cat and dog, a bee and bug, and squirrels play the familiar game of catch me if you can.

Labeled pictures portray children chasing, throwing, sliding, hiding, and otherwise playing. On board pages.

When Tallulah comes to visit twice at bathtime she finally decides to join Maisy in the bath to play.

Left on their own for an evening, two boisterous brothers find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical space adventure board game.

"Ty turns an ordinary day in the sandbox into a fun beach day. He wiggles his toes in the sand, finds seashells, builds a castle, and splashes in the ocean. When his neighbor's beach ball flies into his backyard, Ty learns that a beach day is even better with a friend"--