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Barnacle is bored by the monotony of the tides, and envies the fish who swim freely--until an eel comes along.

Buzz is a very good boy, who lives in a fancy house, eats well, and has equally well-behaved (boring) friends--but sometimes he would really like to break free, run fast, dig holes, and play with the other dogs.

For Milo, everything's a bore. What a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he's got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason! Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing: life is far from dull....

When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedius, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.

Bored and having no one to play with, Rosalie randomly dials the telephone and reaches Victor who invites her to a birthday party.

Pizza and Taco are bored and decide to throw a party, but despite their careful planning, nothing seems to go right.

"Featuring illustrations by Dr. Seuss, this rhyming easy reader answers the familiar complaint, "There's nothing to do!""--