Leo Lionni

A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

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

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.

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.

Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken.

A charming exploration of the seasons with some of Caldecott-winner Leo Lionni's beloved mice. In January, two mice, Willie and Winnie, make a new friend: a tree. The tree tells them her name is Woody, and the mice promise to visit her all year round. As the months tick by, Willie and Winnie watch Woody soak up the rain, bloom buds into flowers and leaves, and bear fruit. By the end of the year, Willie and Winnie know they've made a forever friend...

An owl helps a farmer and some crows reach a compromise over the rights to the wheat crop.

Splashes of color and abstract forms tell the story of little blue and his friend little yellow who hugged and hugged each other until they were green -- and unrecognizable to their parents.

Mishap turns to adventure as a young mouse learns that all birds aren't the enemies he thought they were.