Leo Lionni

Frederick, the field mouse sat on the old stone wall while his four brothers gathered food for the approaching winter days. The other mice felt that Frederick was not doing his share of the work, but when the food ran out, Frederick saved the day with what he had gathered.

A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything--a robin's tail, a flamingo's nick, a toucan's beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him hi he cannot measure his song.

A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.

A visit to an art museum inspires a young mouse to become a painter.

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...