Ivan Bates

A brave rabbit insists that a bear who scares everyone else away merely needs to be taught a kinder way to play.

Rhyming text describes what various animals do and what they love, as well as a baby who loves his bed and his mother.

One by one, five little ducks wander away from their mother until her lonely quack brings them all waddling back.

Mouse and Mole feel afraid one dark night crossing a mush-mucky swamp and a marsh-misty wood.

One by one, Farmer Dale picks up animals who want a ride to town in his rickety old pickup truck.

"There, there, Hansie Bear. You'll be better soon"--Front cover flap.

One brown bunny goes out one day and finds many friends who would like to play.

Knowing that he must satisfy their curiosity, an old mouse agrees to show three young mice the "monster" at the top of the stairs.

This exuberant read-aloud stars a very clever duckling named Puck who, falling farther and farther behind Mama Duck and his siblings as they swim to the lily pond, comes up with a sneaky solution to get ahead.