Bill Peet

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

Unhappy about the noise and clutter of the city, a squirrel travels west to find peace and quiet in the forest of giant trees he has heard about.

The birdlike kweeks are starving because their island does not have enough ploppolop fruit trees to feed them all, until Quentin makes an amazing discovery.

After a mean, selfish crab is rescued by a boy, the crab searches for a way to repay the kindness.

Of all the animals the elephant rescues, only the tiny ant returns the favor.

A cat and her home, an old car in a junkyard, suddenly find themselves on the road with a reckless, frenzied travelling salesman at the wheel.

Tired of a dog's life, Scamp visits the wicked little witch in the woods and becomes a whingdingdilly.

Zella the zebra helps Zack the ostrich when he is young and helpless and when he grows up Zack returns the favor by saving Zella's young offspring from a lion.

For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn't brave he can at least act brave.

Shares the story of one spring and summer in the family of author Bill Peet when they adopted a large South American rodent and kept it at their home in Indiana until it grew too big to handle.