Central Kansas Library System

On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete. It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers...

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

A wise dragonfly helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his own way.

Henry is bored so Cleo suggests he find a friend but he doesn't know what a friend is.

The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

Jack the blackbird and Jim the seagull become friends, but Jack is sad that the other seagulls do not seem to like him.

Every morning Wally spring out of bed at six o'clock sharp, ate two carrots while he read the paper, washed the dishes, swept the floors, dusted the furniture and watered the geranium. Then he sat down in his armchair and admired his tidy home. Every morning Mae slept late. She fixed herself two rolls with honey and a pot of hot chocolate. Then she talked on the phone for a bit. After that it was time for a nap. Will Wally and Mae ever become...