Leo Lionni

When his friend, the tadpole, becomes a frog and leaves the pond to explore the world, the little fish decides that maybe he doesn't have to remain in the pond either. A fable about a fish who learns from a frog how to be happy just being himself.

After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.

Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.

When Theodore the mouse happens upon a blue mushroom that makes a strange sound, he sees in it an opportunity to show his boastful friends that he is special, too.

Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.

Alexander, a real mouse, wants to be a toy mouse like his friend Willy until he discovers Willy is to be thrown away.

Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.

An owl helps a farmer and some crows reach a compromise over the rights to the wheat crop.

Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken.