Bill Peet

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

A disgruntled pig sets his sights on being more than something to eat.

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

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

Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch.

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.

A proud but decrepit lion learns a lesson about friendship from the vultures he despises.

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.

A tired and dejected circus camel finds long-sought-after recognition along a railroad track.

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