Frederick the field mouse sat on the old stone wall while his four brothers gathered food for the approaching winter days. The other mice felt that Frederick was not doing his share of the work, but when the food ran out, Frederick saved the day with that he had gathered.

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

Mouse twins befriend a tree and watch it grow and change throughout each month of the year.

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.

Unlike the other mice, who are incurious about the wall that has always been part of their world, Tillie is determined to find out what lies on the other side of the wall.

Two fleas, one who loves to travel and one who prefers staying home, decide to go their separate ways.

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

Cornelius, a crocodile who walks upright, sees things no crocodile has ever seen before.

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