A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.

Stepping into the picture he has drawn with his purple crayon, Harold continues drawing his way through various adventures.

A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.

Albert the albatross loses his way in a storm and becomes a temporary landlubber, but he returns to the ocean by way of a lady who wears him on her hat.

An Indian boy's kindness encourages a group of frontiersmen to settle in the same green valley as the Indians.

Aku, an Indian boy, named one of the baby salmon in the river Red Tag. Soon Red Tag was big enough to start her journey to the sea. The story depicts the life cycle of the salmon.

Andrew introduces Tim to a place where he can hold an elephant under his arm, pat a lion, and pick up a river.

A lion, tiger, and dog are balancing ten apples on their heads when two irritable bears start to chase them.

A boy imagines all the things he can do with things he has in his pocket.

The cat tries to entice the mouse out of his house, and later when he does come out, chases him, but cannot follow him back into his house.