Leo Lionni

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

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

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

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

Mishap turns to adventure as a young mouse learns that all birds aren't the enemies he thought they were.

Theodore, a timid mouse who is constantly being ridiculed by his friends, runs into trouble when he discovers a huge blue mushroom and pretends that it can talk.

From the time the sun rises until bedtime, two little mice find a variety of things to do, from reading and picking flowers to playing ball and hide-and-seek. On board pages.

After nibbling an enormous piece of parmesan cheese into the shape of a giant mouse holding a flute, Geraldine hears music for the first time.

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

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.