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.

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

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.

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.

A snail's father advises him to keep his house small and tells him what happened to a snail that grew a large and spectacular shell.

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

Pictures and describes the many different shapes and markings of pebbles--"fishpebbles," "peoplepebbles," "letterpebbles"--found on the beach.

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

"Jessica es una rana inquieta. Recorre la isla en la que vive recogiendo piedras y ramas que le parecen maravillosas. Un día encuentra una piedra perfecta: grande, redonda y blanca como la luna. Así comienza la divertida historia de Jessica y el "pollo", su mejor amigo"--P. 4 of cover. En un caso encantador de identidad equivocada, Jessica la rana y sus amigos encuentran un huevo. Cuando sale del cascarón y una criatura verde largo emerge, Jessica...