Eric Carle

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

By cutting and grinding the wheat for flour, Jack starts from scratch to help make his breakfast pancake.

By following the instructions in the coded message, Tim finds his birthday present.

"Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What's wrong with this book? Yes, there's something strange, something funny, and even downright preposterous on every page of this book. But it's not a mistake--it's nonsense! And it's also surrealism"--

A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.

A little cloud becomes all sorts of things--sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat--before joining other clouds and raining.

A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. He keeps flying toward anything that was shining a light, but got disappointed over and over again, until one night as he was flashing his light, other lights flashed back at him. The lights this time were other fireflies just like himself. At last he felt at home and he wasn't lonely anymore.

Retellings of eleven of Aesop's fables.

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.

"After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs." -- Verso.