When David gets in trouble, he has excuses right up until bedtime, when he realizes he really is sorry.

When Mama Llama says it is time to clean up, Llama ignores her since he is more interested in playing than cleaning, but Mama finds an imaginative way to teach Llama a lesson about cleanliness.

Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes.

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.

"Every Friday, in the cafeteria, one of the kids gets up in front of the whole school and does something. A performance. Today it's John's turn."--Front jacket flap.

All the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.

A little chameleon, distressed that he does not have a color of his own, is comforted to meet another chameleon who offers to stick around so at least the two of them will always be the same.

A little brown-and-white dog prowls the house looking for a treat, but he can't get anyone in the family to give him one. Disappointed and exhausted, the dog collapses for a nap, dreaming of treats, but his dreams turn into nightmares. Fortunately, when he wakes up, he discovers the children have heard his plea.

In a simple, cheerful conversation with nature, two young children witness how the season changes from autumn to winter.