Leo Lionni

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

Swimmy escapes when a big fish swallows his school of fish. He swims away to see many wonderful creatures and later saves another school from being swallowed.

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

A strong wind blows most of the letters off the alphabet tree and those that remain hide among the branches. Then a bug and a caterpillar come along and teach them how to arrange themselves into words and sentences to form a special message.

Two rabbits made with a pencil and scissors become real after eating a real carrot.

Illustrations and text tell about a bird without wings who is given golden wings by the wishing bird. He loses his friends because they are envious. When he gives away his golden feathers, one by one, to help others, he is given feathers like the other birds and they welcome him back.

Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else. A wise man helps him discover the truth.

The field mice become so involved in their Mardi Gras masquerade they forget it is all in fun.

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

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