Miles, Miska

The runt of a litter of pigs enjoys being the leader of her brothers and sisters, even if it lasts only a short while.

An apricot falls to the ground and becomes a thing to be examined by insects, eaten by a villainous hen, and covered by the processes of nature to grow again. Each page introduces a new letter of the alphabet.

Little Duck goes to see the world but decides that his pond is best after all.

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.