Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be endured--after all he can always find some more garbage to roll in.

Maisy the mouse and her friend Charley clean her house together and then treat themselves to cupcakes.

Little Louie's story keeps getting messed up, and he's not happy about it! What's the point of telling his tale if he can't tell it perfectly? But when he stops and takes a deep breath, he realizes that everything is actually just fine, and his story is a good one-imperfections and all.

A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls from a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots. Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything . . . except baths. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots....

Henry helps clean up his room.

Bear cares about keeping his house clean and tidy almost as much as he cares about his stuffed friend, Ursa, so he is determined to find the spider building messy webs there.

A playful and informative board book story for the youngest Curious George fans finds the ever-inquisitive monkey learning about germs, the importance of cleanliness, and the right way to wash his hands.

When "dust bunnies" grow under the bed, a child sweeps, mops, and dusts in an effort to chase them away.