When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

No roses for Harry. Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it. Miss Nelson is missing! The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a substitute. The story about Ping. A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening. The little house. A country house is unhappy when the city,...

Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for scrap metal, it magically speeds away on an adventure through...