The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...

A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome, but the little cricket cannot make a sound and it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"

An accident becomes an opportunity for Nina to stand out in a group of dancing butterflies at the dance show.

On the way to get a hair cut, a child sees others with not-so-perfect hair.

Roy, a young cowboy, tries hard to learn how to ride his bike without the training wheels.

"When Lisa goes on a hiking trip, Corduroy sneaks into her backpack. Lisa is surprised to find him there, but she thinks he'll be safe as long as he stays tucked inside. Corduroy just has to take a peek outside, though, and he falls out! Will Lisa find him again?" -- Page [4] of cover.

Tiny and his owner play in the snow and Tiny becomes a snow dog.

Corduroy shows Lisa that writing letters to express your opinion can make a difference.

The principal bakes a gingerbread kid and puts on eyes, a nose, and a mouth, after which the gingerbread kid runs away. Can they catch him?