Bill Peet

When Prewitt's shamefully scraggly tail develops the appearance of a scary green-eyed monster, the other peacocks decide it has to go.

For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn't brave he can at least act brave.

The smallest creatures of Knotty Pine Forest avert the horrors of the hunting season in a very "sportsgnatlike" way.

Although he comes from a fierce family, Droofus is a good dragon undeserving of the price the king puts on his head.

A haughty lion accidentally loses his mane. His friends find a remedy, but it creates a new crisis.

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

Zella the zebra helps Zack the ostrich when he is young and helpless and when he grows up Zack returns the favor by saving Zella's young offspring from a lion.

Cyrus, a shy and friendly serpent, finally realizes his ambition by heroically helping some voyagers through a storm and foiling some dastardly pirates.

Of all the animals the elephant rescues, only the tiny ant returns the favor.

The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus.