Lionni, Leo.

A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

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.

"After his friend the tadpole becomes a frog and leaves the pond to explore the world, a little fish decides that maybe he should not remain in the pond either"--Provided by publisher.

Pictures and words describe the many different shapes and markings of pebbles- "fishpebbles," "peoplepebbles," "letterpebbles"- found on the beach.