Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother. Mother always told Red Riding Hood not to talk to strangers. But the wolf she met on the way to Granny's was so charming and urbane. What could be the harm of telling him that she was on her way to Granny's pretty yellow house on the other side of the woods? Who could be a better escort than the big-eyed, long armed, big-toothed wolf?

Froggy is nervous about his first day of school, but, even though it's hard to sit still, he has a wonderful time.

Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkle, and mask, help him learn to swim.

When the Ambassador moves to London, the twelve little girls go to visit his son, Madeline has an adventure on a horse, and the horse returns to Paris with the girls.

Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.