Amos McGee, friendly zookeeper, always makes time to visit the zoo animals, until one day he wakes up sick with the sniffles and sneezes.

Vernon the toad takes the silent Bird on a journey in hopes of finding Bird's home.

"When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--

"A picture book about moving to a new house and making new friends"--

When friendly giant mammoth Samson falls asleep and wakes up in the middle of a blizzard, he finds and shelters a little red bird and a flower-loving mouse, beginning new friendships for all.

Today is a very nice day. There has never been a day so nice as this, except for maybe yesterday. Join Vernon and his friends Skunk and Porcupine on a series of three enchanting adventures entitled Waiting, Fishing, and Gardening, as they comb the forest floor for trinkets and go fishing in their own unconventional way.

Sadie and Sherman set out to rescue little Ellsworth, the goldfish Amy Scott received for her birthday and threw right into the ocean.

The cruel North Wind and the kind Sun vie to take the coats from three sisters out on a walk.

Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--