Leo Lionni

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

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

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.

Mouse twins befriend a tree and watch it grow and change throughout each month of the year.

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

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

Unlike the other mice, who are incurious about the wall that has always been part of their world, Tillie is determined to find out what lies on the other side of the wall.

The mice become so involved in their Mardi Gras masquerade they forget it is all in fun.