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 what he had gathered.

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

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

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.

Mishap turns to adventure as a young mouse learns that all birds are not the enemies he thought they were.

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. The wordbug teaches the letters on the alphabet tree, torn and tossed by a windstorm, how to become stronger by banding together to form words. Then a clever purple caterpillar teaches the letters to become even stronger...

A snail's father advises him to keep his house small and tells him what happened to a snail that grew a large and spectacular shell.

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

A wingless bird is granted his wish for a pair of golden wings.