Mr. Complain always has something to grumble about, even as he takes a spectacular train ride through mountains, volcanoes, caves, and oceans, but as his trip comes to an end he realizes he genuinely enjoyed the journey and is ready to go again.
"As a narrator begins telling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Papa develops Page Fright, is unable to say his lines, and runs away through other books"--OCLC.
"Millions of children around the world take baths every day. Many of them don't want to at first... But once they get into their Australian bogey hole, Colombian mud volcano, or Nepalese hot spring, they don't want to get out!"--Dust jacket.
When a boy asks his mother why he must make his bed, she tells him a story about his ancestors who posed the same question through the centuries, going all the way back to a caveboy and his mother.
