Chanticleer, the farm rooster, sings every morning so that the sun can rise. One day he can't sing, but the sun comes up anyway. The other animals see him as a fraud, and Chanticleer runs away to the city. Soon, trouble leads to a search for Chanticleer.

Benji, the hunted: Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Rascal: A boy, a dog, and a pet raccoon provide merriment for the family. Where the red fern grows: A young boy longs for his own red-bone hunting dogs. The journey of Natty Gann: In the 1930s, a tomboyish girl runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away.