An adventurous African American woman and her nephew make their way through alphabet accomplishments from Amazing audiences to Zipping zebras.

A cumulative tale in which various neighbors try to rescue Janey's kite from a tree until she has to rescue both the kite and them.

Compares the appearance and use of common machines such as camera, clock, telephone, bicycle, auto, train, and plane with that of the models used long ago.

Armando's family members are too busy to answer his questions until one day they take him to the library, introduce him to the librarian, and find books with the answers to his questions.

Invites the reader to guess where bear and lion cubs Bub and Chub are while they are making a hubbub as they scrub and go "Glub."

Bat manages to get his friends' cooperation in making something for the art show without them even knowing.

A horse named Stonewall loves to play ball against the wall belonging to a pack rat named Snowball.

A beaver and an opossum find what looks like a bean, wonder what kind it is, and eventually discover that it is a seed good for Halloween.

Bounder and his friend Groundhog search for a mysterious sound underground.

A fox, July, and an otter, Small Fry, first try to catch a butterfly and when that fails, a firefly.