Once upon a time on Pops Diddlyops farm there lived a chicken, Mrs. Hen, a rooster, Mr. Cock, and a worm called Oscar.  Oscar liked to squiggle around in the soft loamy soil outside the chicken pen.  One day, Oscar poked his head out of the soil to see what he could...

 When Marcus’s mother took him with her to town to buy groceries, Marcus was disgusted by an old man outside the store.  The man’s face was all twisted, his nose was scrunched up like a giant raisin, his pants were rumpled and torn, his socks were mismatched and his...

 “Good Gracious!” said Millicent.  It was what she always said when she was surprised or shocked.  “Look at that blue pig.”Her little brother Franco stood beside their mother dressed in his blue shorts and green shirt.  He had on his brown shoes. It was a good thing...