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.

Mice explore such well-known objects as a telephone, eyeglasses, and a book.

When his friend, the tadpole, becomes a frog and leaves the pond to explore the world, the little fish decides that maybe he doesn't have to remain in the pond either.

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.

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

Two fleas, one who loves to travel and one who prefers staying home, decide to go their separate ways.

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.

Cornelius, a crocodile who walks upright, sees things no crocodile has ever seen before.