"Piper McCloud lives with her normal ma and pa on a normal farm in normal Lowland County. But Piper isn't your normal girl. Ever since Piper was a baby, she's been able to hover a few feet off the ground, and if the people of Lowland County knew she could fly, they would have something to say about it. So, it only seems best that Piper be sent away to I.N.S.A.N.E., a top secret school for children with extraordinary abilities like hers. Her new friends...

Although he enjoys some aspects of his retirement, eight-year-old Brian gains a new perspective on his job of being a child after spending time in Florida's Happy Sunset Retirement Community.

Fawn wants to leave her family's Pfeffernut County farm and move to the big city as soon as she can and, in the meantime, pretends she is already there, but her friend and neighbor Larry is determined to keep her where she belongs.

Bored with doing the same thing all the time, Number Three quits and sets out to see what else he might do then, after trying many other possibilities, finally finds the perfect job.

A little girl's imagination springs to life when the chalk giraffe she drew on the pavement begins talkig to her. But then the fickle giraffe begins making demands, and the girl must draw surroundings to fulfuill his requests... a tree, soft grass, and animal friends. But nothing seems to please him! This delightful rhyming story escalates until they draw a laughing giraffe companion that cheers up the grumpy giraffe at last. --

Homer the dog is content to watch from the porch as his family goes out to enjoy the day.

Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.

Mr. Aster, who likes routine, is happy to care for Little Green Girl when she arrives in his garden, but not interested in helping her see the world beyond its walls.

When they find a treasure chest in the orchard, two discontented pigs abandon their rural paradise for what they think will be the pleasures of a more luxurious life.

Cat, Dog, and Mouse live together contentedly in a cottage by the sea, dividing the work between them, until A. Stranger, Esq., a fox from the Winds of Change company, arrives and stirs up trouble.