Alvin Tresselt

Pieter Vanderloon was a very fortunate man. He had a fine fat wife, six roly-poly children, and a mill overflowing with corn. One morning there were four less kernels of corn in the mill, for two tiny mice had made a breakfast of them. Off went Pieter at once to buy a cat to guard his corn. But, instead, he came back with an elephant! "From the tip of his trunk to the end of his tail, there is far more to an elephant than there is to a cat!" Pieter...

A little boy loses a mitten in the forest. A mouse finds it and tries to make a home inside but is joined by so many other animals trying to get out of the cold that the mitten explodes.

Relates the morning activities and sounds of a variety of farm animals.

The magical miniature scene in a candy egg delights the several toys which take a peek inside, but only the little girl for whom the egg is an Easter gift can see the entire wonderous picture.

Delightful tale about a lost mitten which becomes the shelter for many forest creatures.

The beavers dam a stream and create a pond which is valuable to many creatures.

Retells twelve Old Testament stories including "Joseph and His Brothers," "Ruth and Naomi," and "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego."