When their caretaker is hospitalized, Blue Boy and the other homing pigeons receive food, water, and excellent care from two young boys who love pets.

When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.

In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.

Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.

Cat and Pigeon live in a city lot and while they do not have much they have each other, so when Pigeon goes missing after a storm, Cat leaves the safety of their lot for the first time and traverses the city looking for her.

A pigeon comes up with many reasons why he should not go to bed.

The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.