Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him.

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

Mother objects to every pet Arnold asks to keep except one--a person.

A small boy enjoys his relationship with his grandmother and his great-grandmother, but he learns to face their inevitable death.

Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.

Describes the parts of a fire engine and how fire fighters use them to fight fires.

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all. Un oso de felpa en una juguetería de una tienda grande quiere más que alguien venga y se lo lleve a casa.

In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.