Gackenbach, Dick

The accidental death of a hummingbird helps Walter see that different creatures have different needs and not all of them want to be pets.

Pepper, a feisty dachshund, involves Claude in his attempt to run away from home.

When the dog explains what he knows to the animals in the deep dark woods who know nothing of people, they laugh at him so hard he goes to live with man forever.

Tom keeps Mother and Father Rabbit busy by asking for hamburgers and pets.

Hattie's helpfulness is unappreciated by her mother and her sick friend, Shirley Rabbitfoot.

A hungry stray dog steals the aroma of a greedy man's food and a just punishment is handed down.

Mr. Crack's new housekeeper quickly learns to use his idiosyncratic vocabulary.

After transforming a football into a toaster and a cat into a canary, Sydney's new invention creates unexpected problems by changing Sydney into his dog and his dog into Sydney.

Supposes animals in a variety of situations, with joking results, such as "Suppose a polar bear had money. He'd put it in a snow bank!".

A boy's drawings on the wall of a magical monster sets off a series of adventures for the two of them, until his mother wants the wall cleaned off.