A collection of short humorous poems in which a hungry hippo raids a melon stand, a butterfly tickles a girl's nose, and children frolic in a Mardi Gras parade.
Beneath a blue umbrella Rickety Pickety In a Mississippi valley Polly saw a butterfly Oh farmer, poor farmer In downtown Philadelphia Jiggity jumpity jog John Poole left Sedalia I had a little secret Four fat goats Robin spied a chubby worm Idaho Rose Seven Piglets Patter Pitter Caterpillar Amanda found a flounder Nicholas Narrow Captain Flea and Sailor Snail Jennifer Juniper Victor wore a velvet cape Tippity Toppity Red bug, yellow bug, little blue snake Johnny squeezed a concertina Anna Banana One foggy autumn Tailor had a needle Jason Johnson I went to Wisconsin Eleven yellow monkeys