"The Pigeon is dirty and he needs a bath, but he won't go willingly"--

Discover how all kinds of animals bathe in this playful exploration of bath time in the animal kingdom! Learn how tiny shrimp aid eels in keeping their teeth squeaky clean, and how schools of fish help sharks stay spic and span. Young readers will recognize their own bath time habits, and will love splashing and playing along in their own imaginative way. Simple rhyming text and vibrant, colorful collages by award-winning author and artist Bob Barner...

Biscuit, the puppy, runs away from his bath with his puppy friend, Puddles.

One pig looks to take a relaxing bath in private, but he is soon joined by another pig, then another, until there are ten pigs--and number one has to come up with a plan so that he can actually enjoy his bath.

Otis P. Oliver rouses a rabble of neighborhood children to join him in a protest demonstration against baths, but notes from his mother, conveyed by his sisters, lead to a compromise.

Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be endured--after all he can always find some more garbage to roll in.

When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.