A tribute to all the special things in the world, whether big, small or somewhere in-between, from the hole in the donut to the way the Moon looks through a telescope, and a boat below the sky and above the waves.

Relates the humorous adventures of Stanley, a little boy who wakes up flat (four feet tall, about a foot wide, and half an inch thick) after a bulletin board falls on him during the night.

Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.

A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.

Little tugboat Pop is happy to help the big boats like Toot out of the harbor--even if Toot thinks he can do it himself.

A baby penguin wonderingly observes the enormous world around him, including the immense sky, deep ocean and vast mountains, while his adoring mother believes him to be the biggest thing in her world, in a story that is complemented by shiny foil accents.

Clifford begins life as a very small red puppy, but once he starts growing into a very large red dog there seems no limit to his potential size.

Describes some of the world's largest insects and spiders, including the Goliath beetle, praying mantis, tarantula, and giant atlas moth.

Luca loves big things like big trucks and big buildings but when he sets out to bring home the biggest of all Christmas trees he instead finds a much smaller tree, perfect just as it is.

A year in the life of a baby in Maine who is just like any other baby except that he is gigantic.