Leo Lionni

Alexander, the mouse, makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

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

When his friend, the tadpole, becomes a frog and leaves the pond to explore the world, the little fish decides that maybe he doesn't have to remain in the pond either. A fable about a fish who learns from a frog how to be happy just being himself.

Little Blue and Little Yellow are the best of friends, and when they reunite after not being able to find each other, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green. On board pages.

Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else. A wise man helps him discover the truth.

A little chameleon is distressed that he does not have his own color like other animals.

After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.

A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.

"Two mice talk about where the seasons come from"--