Alexander, the mouse, makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

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. A fable about a fish who learns from a frog how to be happy just being himself.

Three stories about Lowly Worm and his friends include "The Best Mistake Ever," "A Visit to Mr. Fixit," and "Best Friends."

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.

Otto and his Uncle Tooth track down the pirate ghost terrorizing Boogle Bay.

When Dog wakes up early, in the middle of the night, he launches all the other farm animals in a worried search for the missing sun.

Illus. in full color. "Kangaroo child Norma Jean loves to jump. The problem is that her jumping gets out of hand, causing accidents and some ruffled feelings among her friends, and Norma stops her jumping entirely. But when the school's field-day games come up, Norma Jean is coaxed back into action long enough to win ribbons. Light, popular fare for beginning readers."—Booklist.  

Sam's cousin from Mexico comes for an extended visit and teaches Sam and all the second graders to play soccer.

Fox tries to earn the money for a new bicycle in several different jobs.

When a dragonfly swoops over the town of Pee Wee and carries Lady Teena away, brave Sir Small rides off on his trusty ant vowing to rescue her.