"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all."

"The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format"--Page 4 of cover.

When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.

Madeline and her friends become very upset when Genevieve, a dog that has become a cherished school pet since rescuing Madeline from an accidental fall into the Seine, is tossed out by the school board chairman.

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.

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.

Simon the cat is so old that most of his parts have stopped working, but just when he is ready to breathe his last breath, his family brings home a new kitten for him to raise.

It's the early 1960s, and Anna has never seen a person with dark skin before. At first she is afraind of her new second-grade teacher. But Anna quickly finds that there's no reason to be scared. Sister Anne is wonderful. She likes jokes and she makes math and reading fun. But then someone sails a paper airplane to her, with a cruel message written on its wings. Sister Anne's wise way of turning a painful incident into a powerful learning experience...

Una adaptacion del mito de los indios Pueblos que explica como el espiritu del Se~nor del Sol llego a la Tierra. [An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.]

After Froggy misbehaves at a fancy restaurant, his parents take him to a fast flies restaurant to celebrate their anniversary.