James Stevenson

Grandpa tells Mary Ann and Louie about a garden he had years ago that his brother Wainey "helped" him plant.

When Mary Ann and Louie complain about the troubles they are having taking care of a neighbor's dog, Grandpa remembers the time he and his brothers took care of their neighbors' many pets and plants.

At the Mud Flat Olympics if the animals don't win the Deepest Hole Contest, the All-Snail High Hurdles, or the River-Cross Freestyle, they can still come to the picnic after the games and have ice cream for dessert.

Simsbury is sitting under his favorite tree when a red chair and an accordion pass by, prompting him to get up and take a look at the Mud Flats Yard Sale.

Convinced that crossing the river on the back of Monty the alligator is too slow, the animals try to find a faster way to get their children to school.

The animals of Mud Flat celebrate the coming of spring in their own ways.

Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.

Everything is always the same at Grandpa's house, even the things he says-until one unusual morning.

Oliver, a beaver, decides to build a ship and leave his pond to look for greener pastures, but finds that all his animal friends want to accompany him.

Because he has missed the annual migration, Howard the duck spends the winter in New York City.