Cow, Pig, Duck, and Mouse are afraid to retrieve their ball when it goes into the dog's house, but when they do go in they are pleasantly surprised.

All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose.

Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.

Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

The Little Rabbits come to help with the farm chores and visit the farm animals.

All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.

Pleased with his success in riding a bike, Duck decides to drive the farm tractor, and invites all the other farm animals along for the ride--all the way to town.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

"Old MacDino had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on this farm he had a Stegosaurus! Old MacDino's farm is full of DINOSAURS! The cows, pigs, horses, and other animals are joined by a Diplodocus, a Triceratops, a Velociraptor, and more. With a Stomp! Stomp! here, and a Crash! Smash! there, they're causing chaos EVERYWHERE! What's a farmer to do?"--