A little girl goes to the meadow to play, but each animal she tries to catch runs away from her--until she sits still by the pond, and they all come back.

Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her third birthday.

Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.

Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

Presents the handshape for each letter of the American manual alphabet accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter.

Minerva Louise, a snow-loving chicken, mistakes a pair of mittens for two hats to keep both ends warm.

Waking up with a frog-like appearance, Wilma proves disruptive at school as she searches for some tasty flies.

Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.

Although Froggy is very excited when his Dream Team plays for the city soccer championship, he makes a mistake on the field that almost costs the team the game.

The author remembers the summer when she was ten years old and staying with her father in Michigan where she took riding lessons and became best friends with a perfect horse. Patricia Polacco presents a true story from her childhood, when she was finally old enough to learn to ride a horse. Her dreams of riding a beautiful steed are dashed when her father takes her to a stable in the rundown section of town. But it's there Patricia meets Mrs. Mack...