A Magic circle book

At the expense of his health, the strolling Glerp swallows everyone who gets in his way.

The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can force a man to remove his cape.

The illustration on each subsequent page becomes increasingly crowded with zoo animals, but it is the skunk that makes all the animals decide they need a larger zoo.

A fight scheduled between the Irish giant and the Scottish giant leads to the construction of the Giant's Causeway in the Irish sea.

Hired to hunt down the hateful haganinny, a boy meets many hazards on the way including ossicles, shartles, and boashaboos.

A selection of word plays, tongue twisters, and jokes.

Details the actual episode in 1835 in which a New York editor made up some imaginative stories about life on the moon to increase his newspaper's sale.

When the robot he builds out of junk obeys his command to walk, a young boy must then figure out how to stop him.

Recounts myths and superstitions about the moon, particularly regarding weather.

A boy and girl find a poisoned condor and evidence indicates the girl's father may be the guilty party.

Includes such tongue exercises as "Pat puts books in boxes" and "She sees seals swim."

The whale in the lagoon not only leaves Lonny a gift but enables him to overcome a gnawing fear.