This volume of plays contains Edward Albee's four most famous one-act works. They are Death of Bessie Smith, Zoo Story, American Dream, and Sand Box.

When you emerge from this impish comic playwright's glittering tribute to Molière, written entirely in verse, your head will be so dizzy with syncopated rhyme that you'll almost expect to find yourself speaking and thinking in chiming couplets...[Ives] add The truism that families come in all shapes and sizes is illuminated with haunting beauty...in this exquisitely wrought comedy-drama...a piercing portrait of the contemporary social architecture, in which the distance between people can be widened or collaps

They say a leopard can’t change his spots–but Spot sure can! Babies and toddlers will love pointing out the colors of his changing spots in this delightful, rhyming adaptation of Robert Lopshire’s classic Bright and Early Book.

When zoo animals take over her town, the narrator has one big question: Who is at the zoo? She finds a leopard watching her television, a bear doing laundry, and a zebra cooking breakfast. Outside, she finds that the crossing guard is a giant tortious and her teacher is a python! What’s going on? In a hilarious twist, the narrator realizes all the grown-ups are at the zoo. Engaging rhyme and silly illustrations will delight readers as they learn to ask questions and find the answers.

When Little Star takes a tumble, she ends up in the zoo! She needs to get back into the sky, but who will help her? One by one, each of the animals tries to help. Will anyone be able to reach that high?

There's an animal strike at the zoo! oh no, oh my! What's a zookeeper to do when the lions and tigers and bears refuse to roar and prowl and growl? And when little Sue, who has been waiting all year for this trip to the zoo, enters the gate, will the animals decide to give their strike a break? Karma Wilson's fun, playful text paired with Margaret Spengler's bright and lively pastels create an unforgettable, irresistible zoo of chaos and fun!