Henkes, Kevin

As he hops along a little rabbit wonders what it would be like to be green as grass, tall as fir trees, hard as rocks, and flutter like butterflies.

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

Presents three animated stories of growing up, including "Leo the Late Bloomer" about a tiger cub who does things in his own time; "A Weekend with Wendell," in which quiet Sophie learns to assert herself; and "Joey Runs Away," in which a young kangaroo refuses to clean his room.

A mouse named Prudencia, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.

Lily loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing the class her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

When Whitaker writes a letter to Frogman, a TV super hero, his family laughs, but they stop laughing and start wondering when he receives an answer.

Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit.