After a bee scares the cock-a-doodle-do out of him, Rooster anxiously searches the entire barnyard for it.

Introduces the animals on a farm, including the chickens, ducks, cows, and pigs.

While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.

Every month of the year, the animals on a farm enjoy their way of life and the weather that greets them.

Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

Running through the farmyard looking for a place to hide from the wolf, a father rabbit creates enough commotion to protect all the animals on the farm.

The farm animals give one another a cold, passing along their distinctive voices along with the coughs, sniffles, and sneezes.

"A CAT'S TALE is a history of feline kind: its origins, the evolution of the relationship with their human companions, and the surprising ways in which feline history parallels that of humanity. From the prehistoric Felis (a large mammal from which all domestic cats have descended) to ancient Egyptian cat goddess, key cats of the Enlightenment to swashbuckling pirate felines and infamous American tabbies, the story of catkind is told here in its totality"--...

Bernard the rooster becomes unusually grumpy one day, causing the other animals to be concerned about his behavior.

As his fifth birthday party approaches, Little Rabbit decides to invite only those friends who are also too old to cry until he learns that others of all ages weep for all sorts of reasons.