In six preposterous tales, Robert McCloskey takes a good look at the face of mid-western America with humorous and affectionate eyes.

The ducklings go for a walk to find a home at the Boston Public Garden pond.

Today is a specidal day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour with her dad. But when she wakes up to brush her teeth with her baby sister, she discovers something shocking.... Her tooth is loose!

Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.