Tell Me a Story, Gramps

The basic themes of these stories are the life of a baton from tree limb to the hand of a famous conductor, a boy who discovers that good luck is not the most important thing, a curious squirrel, a crippled sad girl who finds happiness, an unusual shy shark, a boy's best friend - an ostrich, a hippo who becomes a heroine, an adventurous bee, a lost goose, an old moose that a town adopts, and a group of boys who become the envy of their school.