Leo Lionni

Frederick the field mouse sat on the old stone wall while his four brothers gathered food for the approaching winter days. The other mice felt that Frederick was not doing his share of the work, but when the food ran out, Frederick saved the day with that he had gathered.

A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

Alexander, the mouse, makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

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.

Mouse twins befriend a tree and watch it grow and change throughout each month of the year.

Pictures and descriptions of the many different shapes and markings of pebbles--"fishpebbles," "peoplepebbles," "letterpebbles"--found on the beach.

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.

A visit to an art museum inspires a young mouse to become a painter.

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