Melissa Leebaert

Giving Thanks: This native American good morning message, known as the Thanksgiving Address, is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift - from the moon and the stars to the tiniest blade of grass. The Pilgrims of Plimoth: The arrival of the Pilgrims in the new world is told in a re-enactment of their daily activities during those first trying years in the colony they called Plimoth.

As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...

By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.

Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.