Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch and Helene Desputeaux

Munsch is a Canadian storyteller and this story is really funny.  A little girl demands a set of permanent markers and then proceeds to color herself all sorts of bright colors.  When she realizes what she's done, she colors herself skin color.  But once she washes her face, the skin color doesn't stick on top of the bright colors and the doctor gives her an orange pill to take in the bath.  The pill makes her invisible!  But then she just colors herself skin color and she's good again. 

 

The Monster Trap by Dean Morrissey

Paddy can't sleep because he thinks there are monsters lurking about.  Pop tries to create traps that will catch the monster and baits it with cheese and fruitcake.  In the morning the food is gone but the trap is empty.  Pop and Paddy make a bigger trap and see a bunch of monsters playing on it and having a grand time.  Once Paddy sees they're friendly monsters, he still can't sleep because he's having so much fun with them.

 

My Friend Gorilla by Atsuko Morozumi

I LOVED THIS BOOK!  It's short but amazing.  The first sentence is such a hook:  "When they closed the zoo, my daddy brought home a gorilla."  A boy and a gorilla become great friends until the day when the gorilla goes back to Africa to be with other gorillas.