Lionni, Leo.

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.

After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.

A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.

Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else, but a wise man helps him discover the truth.

Cornelius, a crocodile, is born different, and has a different outlook on life than the other crocodiles.

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

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

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

Swimmy, a small black fish, finds a way to protect a school of small red fish from their natural enemies.