Robert, Nadine

A field mouse discovers a robin's egg has rolled from the top of a big rock, and it is determined to roll the egg back to the top to the robin's nest, but the other animals mock the field mouse and tell him it can't do it. The field mouse succeeds in returning it to the nest, but the wind blows it back down to the bottom of the rock. The other animals laugh at the field mouse's failure, but it knows that it had done it once before and it can do it again.

A gloomy elephant that wants to be left alone in the shadows ignores other animals' efforts to cheer him, until a mouse asks to rest near him and shares her story of loss.

Elsie's six older siblings overrule her ideas when they all go fishing, but by the end of the day learn that sometimes her way of doing things is best.

"One morning, Phil finds a box on his doorstep. He hurries to open it. The cat that's inside the box rises on his back legs. Phil is astonished, but this standing cat holds a lot more surprises for him!"--Author's website.

"Join Toshi and his grandmother on a search-and-find adventure as they explore six of their favorite places--the riverbank, the city, the forest, the country, the park, and the beach--and delight in the wonders of nature and the curious little things peole have left behind..."--Back cover.

"Joseph Fipps is a very energetic little boy, so energetic that sometimes his mother has had enough. Here he gets angry at her and she suggests he find another mother, a walrus mother"--Provided by publisher.