Presents a rhyming alphabet rhyme books that relates the story of what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to his bedroom, and all of his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens, in a bigger version of the enduring classic. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room, to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and...

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

A group of mice have some problems when they put on a play to commemorate the first Thanksgiving, but everything works out all right in the end.

With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.

A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.

Sheep hunt for a birthday present and make havoc of the shop, only to discover they haven't the money to pay for things.

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.