Reading rainbow book

The king and the queen and their growing entourage return each morning to a tenement street until the little boy they have come to visit is home to greet them.

A youngster is not sure why a thing called "tight times" means not getting a dog.

Louis, a butcher who hates meat, finally finds happiness when he turns into a fish.

A family builds an adobe house in the Southwest desert.

A fossil hunter looking for signs of an ancient sea in the rocks of a western Texas mountain describes how the area must have looked millions of years ago.

A woman describes her experiences living with her husband in a sod house on the Dakota prairie.

A tiny pig is granted his wish which leads to an almost perfect life.

When Petey the puppy decides that he wants a boy for Christmas, he discovers that he must go out and find one on his own.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

A young girl builds her own airplane and flies around the world, "freezing in Finland," "charmed by China," and getting "a kick out of Kenya"--before returning home for dinner.