Leo Lionni

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.

While Frederick the field mouse sat on the wall his brothers gathered food for the winter. Although they accused him of not doing his share of the work, when the food ran out Frederick saved the day with what he had gathered.

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.

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.

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.

"Two mice talk about where the seasons come from"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.

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

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