Every year, the Lily Pad Jumping Contest is held and Bernard Frog has won for the past two years. The water of the pond is deep and cold, with the lily pads providing safe places to land and jump. Deep in the pond lives a very large catfish who loves to dine on frogs. The two main jumpers in the contest, Bernard Frog and Tobias Toad are good friends but this contest threatens to override that friendship because both contestants are determined to win. The winner of the contest gets to eat a fresh fly pie with their most fantastic fan. With the entire Frog town looking on and cheering, who will...

Allie Elephant is a happy three-year-old elephant. She is happy being an only child and feels sorry for all her animal friends who have brothers and sisters. She spends a lot of time with her friends, Lana Lion and Kingsley Monkey. Allie thinks they have it bad because they have to share their parents with other brothers and sisters. Lana even has 5 siblings and Allie cannot understand why Lana has to often help her parents with house chores. A lot of excitement builds up surrounding her beloved mother, who has to go away for a while. Allie wonders what is happening. With big fanfare, her...

Francine is a small coral crab who lives by the reef and helps to protect it-or at least he will when he gets bigger. He is playing along the reef one day when he sees two eyes peeking at him from underneath a rock. As he slowly approaches the object he saw, a small octopus creeps out from underneath the stone. Francine has never seen an octopus before so he screams and runs home to tell his mom he saw a monster. When he comes back with his mom the octopus is gone. When he is alone again the octopus comes back out and tries to talk to him and be friends, but Francine is still afraid because...

Billy has always lived a hard life with her mother. She has been doing chores and errands since she was seven, because she wants to help her mother. She goes to school and waters her neighbor's small urban garden for a few dollars when she comes home. Billy doesn't have friends because she is just too busy to have fun. She is afraid that if she does have friends, they will just hate her for always leaving them to do chores or errands. One day, as she was watering her neighbor's plants, a small creature jumps inside her pocket. When Billy sees the little creature, she takes care of it. The...

Bobbie Bumblebee lives with his very large family in the hive located high up in the oak tree. Today is his first time to show off his flower dance and bring home nectar from the flowers. However, Bobbie is afraid of the enormous butterflies that swarm over the purple Butterfly bush near the Daylily bed. He wants to bring home some of the special nectar from the Butterfly Bush, but can he overcome his fear of butterflies in order to do so? His father Bill is friends with Mrs. Monarch, the wife of the leader of the butterflies. Can they team up to help Bobbie overcome his fear? Will O.M....

Christine Crocodile is always looking for food for her hungry family, but she can't move very fast on land. She decides to ask her neighbor, Bixby for advice and maybe a little help because she is tired of eating fish everyday. Bixby likes a good practical joke as well as anyone especially the hyenas and he decides to play a trick on Christine. He chases an antelope towards the water but snatches it from her at the last second jumping into a tree at the water's edge. What is going to happen when Christine realizes that he has taken her mouth-watering meal of fresh antelope from her? Will the...

Pleep, Meep and Bill are squirrels. They live in the great big woods in Maine. They live in a cozy birdhouse long ago hung in a tall tree and forgotten. Their parents live with them. Mother squirrel has explained to them that she is going to give them all a new brother or sister. They aren't quite sure they want a new addition to the family, and besides the small birdhouse just isn't big enough for an additional family member. Meep decides the best thing to do might be to explore among the maple groves where there are many tall trees that grow. Some of them have cozy large holes at the base...

Katarina is six years old. She has been caught telling a few tales that aren't true. She tells her parents about animals in her closet and monsters under the bed so that she can spend the night in her parents room and some of them were real whoppers. Katarina didn't seem to be overly frightened when she told these stories so her parents began to get suspicious. They have a discussion with Katarina and discover that she wasn't telling them the truth. They speak to her about telling tales and what it could mean and Katarina promised to try to tell the truth. Katarina goes outside to play one...

Cobber Crow, a black crow who loves to collect shiny objects. Her marble collection is her favorite and she is always hunting for different marbles to add to it. Her best friend Sparkles Cat, lives with a human girl named Becky, who also loves to collect and play with marbles. When Becky loses one of her favorite marbles with a gold star shape inside. Will Cobber fess up that she found the marble, hide it and is willing to give it back or will she decide to keep it for herself? What happens when Sparkles finds out that she knows where Cobber hid the missing marble?

Tammy Peterson was just 5 years old but was pretty smart for her age. She had been watching her mom and knew something was different. Her moms tummy had been getting bigger and bigger for a long time. Finally, she asked what was happening. Was she getting sick or was she just getting fat? Her mom just smiled and said "You will soon find out." Tammy tried to understand what that meant but couldnt figure it out. One day, her mom and dad came in her room and sat down by her just after she woke up. They told her that she would soon have a surprise but wouldnt tell her exactly what it was, only...