Not inside this house!

Livingstone Columbus Magellan Crouse brings home a bug, but his mother orders him to take the bug out of the house. Livingstone goes outside and, in rapid succession, attempts to bring in the house a mouse, a pig, a moose, an elephant, and a whale, all of which his mother refuses to allow inside. After the whale, his mother's resolve to allow no animals in the house is weakened and she allows her son to bring a bug into the house.

A Pre-K class had no trouble understanding the story despite its very challenging vocabulary. They loved it. Hilarious and absurd illustrations add to the clever text.

“So from within the forest's gloom,
he sneaked a MOOSE up to his room
and prayed this would not seal his doom...

‘Livingstone Columbus Magellan Crouse,
is that a moose inside this house?
I warned you twice. Then once again!
This time makes four! When will this end?'”