Van Kampen, Vlasta

A brightly illustrated story about how the birds got their colors and other decorations and how the nightingale got its song.

A band of animal musicians introduces the symphony orchestra.

The birds gather together for the monkeys to decorate them, and soon, each bird is vibrantly arrayed, but when one lost little bird arrives late, the monkeys have only brown left, until they place a drop of gold in his mouth, which causes him to have the most beautiful voice.

All the beetles in the kingdom gather for the trial of the bark beetle, accused of killing the forest's trees.

A farmer, his wife, their six children, and the grandparents think it could not get any worse living in their tiny house, but they soon learn they are wrong.

Marigold the caterpillar finally becomes a monarch butterfly and flies to Mexico for the winter.

A band of animal musicians introduces the symphony orchestra.