Robin James

Young elephant Sassafras is unpopular because she always sarcastically repeats the last thing said, but when she first hears an echo, she realizes she can't always have the last word.

Patti is a little caterpillar who wants to know what it will feel like when she becomes a butterfly. She asks her older sister. She asks a flut-tering butterfly, But all is to no avail. for no one can truly explain the mystery that awaits. A story for all ages that grasps the issue of those things in life so hard to explain.

Sniffles, an ostrich, tells so many wildly exaggerated stories, that none of the other animals believes her when she tells the truth.

West of west and east of east on the Island of Serendipity lies the Forever Forest. In the forest lives the grouchiest Panda you could ever meet. A Panda called Ming-Ling. Grouchy he is because he hates to share anything and everything. With the help of a parrot, Ming-Ling soon learns that sharing can be an easy thing to do.

After several bad experiences with Mr. Mole on his way home from school, Squeakers the squirrel learns that there are times one must say no.

Leo is a lop-eared rabbit in a colony of bunnies whose ears stand up, and he is hurt by the teasing of the other rabbits--until a possum teaches him about individuality.