A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

"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.

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

Briefly describes the value of a tree.

A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.

Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

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