A cheeky lobster thinks it's hilarious to tell his undersea neighbors that they are being followed by a shark. But, of course, the joke is on him when a self-satisfied shark really does show up. Read by Annie.

"Only Joking!" Laughed the Lobster. Copyright 1995 by Colin West. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA, on behalf of Walker Books Ltd., London.

Gecko may be small, but he has a giant-sized problem. Every night he is awakened by the fireflies outside his window. And when Gecko doesn't get his rest, he gets a little grumpy. Read by Annie.

Go To Sleep, Gecko! retold by Margaret Read MacDonald. Illustrations by Geraldo Valério. Copyright 2006. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, August House, Inc.