The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

George Orwell's famous satire of the Soviet Union, in which "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.

"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."

When someone's hat blows off in the wind, Turtle asks various animals if it belongs to one of them.

When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

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.

When Nibbles, the new class pet, gets lost during a visit, Biscuit the puppy helps find him.

"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--

Mia and her friends are excited to learn a new dance, but on class day Mia finds herself without a partner.