Leo Lionni

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

Pictures and describes the many different shapes and markings of pebbles--"fishpebbles, " "peoplepebbles, " "letterpebbles"--found on the beach.

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

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

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.

A colorful introdution to different types of food.

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

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

Unlike the other mice, who are incurious about the wall that has always been part of their world, Tillie is determined to find out what lies on the other side of the wall.