The hero, in a red coat and red cap, has a story for every day of the year. Splendidly told in a poetic style, the stories are accompanied by the equally poetic illustrations of Anna Neborová, which form a narrative even by themselves. For very small children and beginning readers.

One evening, five-year-old Matthew gets an apple from his mother. Too lazy to get out of from under the warm covers to throw the core into the wastebasket, he tosses it under the bed. And from that core a little green man is born, full of mischief, full of fun, having an adventure every day.

The Huberts are such a typical family. Aunt Ursula makes Mother nervous. Father doesn’t like mysteries. Grandmother longs for her first love. Little Veronica has everything she could possibly need ... except a grandfather. And suddenly she gets the most entertaining grandfather in the world.

What happens when a strange pond floods part of a village? For Martin, Paul, Annie, and Jane swimming and skating won’t be a problem, but how are they going to do their homework under water! Does their friend the little frog have the answer?