"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.

"On a peculiarly long night, three farm animals set out on a daring quest to bring the sunrise"--

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter. Listen as you read along with this book and CD set.

Collects three short companion stories to "A home for bird," in which Vernon waits, Porcupine is nervous about fishing, and Vernon misses his friend Bird.

In search of writing ideas, an author takes a walk with his dog around the neighborhood.

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

"Ruby, a very small bird in a very big world, is looking for a friend, so she introduces herself ..."--

After shy cello player Harriet Henry accidentally knocks the moon out of the sky, the moon becomes her friend, and Harriet gains the courage to share her music

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

When Jonathan's parents decide that he has gotten too old to have a stuffed animal, they trade his favorite bear, Frederick, for a toaster, so he sets off aboard a boat, looking for Frederick.